The Code (UK)

  • Premiered: Jul 2011
  • Episodes: 3
  • Followers: 14
  • Ended
  • BBC Two
  • Wednesday at 21
  • Documentary

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Season 1
1x1
Numbers
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 27, 2011
What do the proportions of Chartres Cathedral share with the life cycle of the cicada, with how we hear sound, and with the intricately designed nautilus shell? Du Sautoy investigates their sacred numbers and the power of pi.
1x2
Shapes
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 03, 2011
During his trip to the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, Professor du Sautoy finds a fundamental truth about the universe written into the rocks. A hidden geometric force underpins all nature, from the structure of honeycombs to Pixar movies.
1x3 Show finale
Prediction
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 10, 2011
While so much of life appears random, Du Sautoy shows how it is really governed by the code of chaos, in which small variations can cause vastly different outcomes, often referred to as the "butterfly effect."

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