Marcus du Sautoy

Investigating the last years of the famous filmmaker in Rome, combining the history of Italian cinema with new production techniques and going behind the scenes on the filmmaking process.

The popular rise of darts is charted in this pin-sharp documentary that follows the trajectory of arrows from local pub to beer-soaked arena. Featuring archive footage, behind-the-scenes access and interviews with current darting personalities such as Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson and Raymond van Barneveld, the film traces the sport's evolution from humble beginnings through to the glamorous heyday of the 1980s and on into the lucrative professional era.

Sin que nos demos cuenta, la vida moderna ha tomado el control. Los algoritmos ejecutan todo, desde motores de búsqueda en Internet hasta navegadores web vía satélite y seguridad de datos de tarjetas de crédito, incluso nos ayudan a viajar por el mundo, encontrar el amor y salvar vidas. El profesor matemático Marcus du Sautoy desmitifica el mundo oculto de los algoritmos. Al mostrarnos algunos de los algoritmos más esenciales para nuestras vidas, revela de dónde vienen estos solucionadores de problemas de 2.000 años, cómo funcionan, qué han logrado y cómo ahora son tan avanzados que incluso pueden programarse ellos mismos.

In September 2011, an international group of scientists has made an astonishing claim - they have detected particles that seemed to travel faster than the speed of light. It was a claim that contradicted more than a hundred years of scientific orthodoxy. Suddenly there was talk of all kinds of bizarre concepts, from time travel to parallel universes. So what is going on? Has Einstein's famous theory of relativity finally met its match? Will we one day be able to travel into the past or even into another universe? In this film, Professor Marcus du Sautoy explores one of the most dramatic scientific announcements for a generation. In clear, simple language he tells the story of the science we thought we knew, how it is being challenged, and why it matters.

Una historia humorística del número uno, que abarca aplicaciones militares en la antigua Roma, la medición de distancias en la India y el sistema decimal creado por Leibnitz.