"The Frontiers of Space"

     The documentary film written and presented by Marcus du Sautoy, a British professor from the University of Oxford, titled the "The Story of  Maths" is a four-part series which outlined the aspects of the history of mathematics.

        In the third episode titled "The Frontiers of Space", Marcus unlatched the gate of understanding when he said, "masterpieces of art are also masterpieces of mathematics". It was clear from this statement that the main objective of this episode is o bring the viewers towards the appreciation of mathematics by going back to the time where a new mathematical language is emerging until such time that it reached the most important era - the golden age of mathematics.

        For me, the splashy words of Marcus, "the power of perspective unleashed a new way to see the world - a perspective to a course, a mathematical revolution", is where the film revolves. What was different with this episode was that it tried to focus on the significant discoveries during the 17th century when Europe became the world's powerhouse of mathematical ideas. These discoveries are too significant that it became the roots and branches of today's modern mathematics - geometry of Descartes, quantum physics  and calculus of Newton and of Leibniz, and today's credit transactions in the internet because of Fermat's theorems. Along with that, I appreciate that the film was bombarded with factual accounts about the mentioned European giants of  mathematics and all the others.

       I learned that objects, shapes and all the other that occupies space are not just "masterpieces of art but also masterpieces of mathematics".

       From these cited facts and evidences, truly I can say that Marcus is right for saying, "without this golden age of mathematics from Descartes to Riemann, there will be no calculus, no quantum physics, no relativity, none of the technology used today, but even more than that, the mathematics blew away the cob webs and allows us to see the world as it is, a world much stranger than we ever thought.