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.

Sem que percebamos, a vida moderna foi tomada. Algoritmos controlam tudo, desde os motores de busca na internet até Navegação por Satélites e segurança de dados de cartão de crédito - eles ainda nos ajudam a viajar pelo mundo, encontrar um amor e salvar vidas. O matemático Professor Marcus du Sautoy desmistifica o mundo oculto dos algoritmos. Ao nos mostrar alguns dos algoritmos mais essenciais para a nossa vida, ele revela de onde veio este solucionador de problemas de dois mil anos de idade, como eles funcionam, o que eles realizaram e como eles estão tão avançados agora que podem até mesmo programar-se.

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.

A humor-inflected history of the of the number one, covering military applications in ancient Rome, the measurement of distances in India, and the decimal system created by Leibnitz.