Movie Review:

To Infinity and Beyond

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

In the last episode titled, " To Infinity and Beyond ”, Marcus opens the curtains of puzzlement by saying, "mathematics is about solving problems and it is the great unsolved problems that make maths really alive". The main objective of this episode according to Marcus, though he did not stated it clearly, is to allow the viewers know and explore the untold stories of the mathematicians who tried to crack down some of the greatest math problems of their time, of which became the foundation of todays' mathematics. It also brings people towards the appreciation of mathematics by giving ingenious and clever historical facts that led to the persisting  development of math.

The intriguing words of Marcus, “Mathematics is a universal language that was powerful enough to unlock all the truths of mathematics“, is where this film revolves.

I really appreciate this documentary film for introducing me to some of the mathematicians whose names I've first heard and whose contributions are significant to present day mathematics. Mathematicians namely: David Hilbert, who set 23 math problems which he believed to be the most important problems for mathematicians to crack, problems which continuously challenges every math genius. George Cantor and Paul Cohen who had interest on  Hilbert's 1st problem, Kurt Godel on the second, and Julia Robinson on the tenth and the most famous Hilbert's eight problem - the Riemann Hypothesis, the holy grail of mathematics, which until now defeats every mathematicians who took interest on it were only some of the proofs that "the more abstract and difficult mathematics become, the more it becomes a living subject, which obssesses each new generation of mathematicians". What I've learned in this episode was, "mathematics speaks for itself".