The Proof
The Proof tells the true stories behind the greatest ideas in mathematics. Each episode, host Nirob takes one number, one problem, or one proof — the forbidden zero, the ratio pi that never ends, the secret in the margin that took 350 years to solve, the bridges that founded a new science, the unsolved riddle worth a million dollars — and rebuilds it: the mathematicians who chased it, the struggle to solve it, the moment of breakthrough, and the world it made. From Euclid's geometry to the calculus wars of Newton and Leibniz, from Hypatia of Alexandria to Andrew Wiles's seven-year secret, from the first proof done by a computer to the mathematics of infinity, The Proof is about the quiet, thrilling power of mathematics — how it is discovered, how it is proved, and why a handful of symbols can unlock the universe. Meticulously researched, honest about what is documented and what is legend. Clean and suitable for all ages. A new story every week