Synopsis
Dr Hannah Fry explores a paradox at the heart of modern maths, and what maths reveals about the fundamental building blocks of the universe.
- Programme: Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths
- Episode: 3: Weirder and Weirder
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2018
- Maths
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