Less Than 3D

                

The story of Maths; the frontiers of space: a virtually educational field trip through the 3-dimensional world of Mathematics. After an entertaining and knowledgeable adventure about Mathematics in the East we headed back to Europe and journeyed on in search for the story behind the bloom of Mathematics globally, with the help of the wonders of the European minds. At the end of the renaissance period in the seventeenth century, Europe again had gained its title as the engine house of mathematics.

A mind filled of intellectual creativeness had used his Mathematical skills in creating life beyond the planarity of a paper. Du Sautoy visited Urbino in Italy where a museum named; Galleria Nazionale delle Marche is located. In this museum, the well-known painting entitled “The Flagellation of Christ” is exhibited. This painting was the first piece of art that had used the concept of perspective and 3-dimension. Piero della Francesca was the man behind various outstanding paintings, a mathematician and a geometer. He was the one who first introduced the idea of perspective in the field of art and mathematics through his painting, the previously mentioned “The Flagellation of Christ”.

At a first glance of the painting “The Flagellation of Christ” an ordinary individual without any artistic point of view would only appreciate the conspicuous beauty of the painting and not the unnoticeable details it has but afterwards when educated, one would be amazed that mathematics was used in portraying a 3-dimensional painting. This revolution was the birth of new ideas in the field of arts and mathematics.

After introducing the concept of perspective Du Sautoy introduced Algebra, Geometry and René Descartes. Descartes was a philosopher and a mathematician. His huge contribution in the field of mathematics was describing curve lines in forms of equation, which had linked algebra and geometry together. We could put all the blame on him because he had made simple lines complicated and had made mathematics a difficult subject to comprehend. However, we should still thank him because, without his mathematical idea great innovations and revolutions in our society would not be possible.

           At the latter part of the movie there were other mathematicians mentioned but not all of them were remarkable to me though I could still say they were great individuals and were helpful in the field of mathematics. The well-known Sir Isaac Newton who had developed mathematics and physics to deeply understand the behavior of moving objects was mentioned in the movie. He also had mentioned Gauss’ invention of a new way to handle and understand equations and modular mathematics.

           As a whole the movie was once again full of new learning and insights about mathematics. However the movie had worsened and was more boring compared to the previous two movies. Despite the interesting facts the movie could had offered it was not able to tickle my attention and interests. Nonetheless the movie could be used for educational and appreciation purposes; just be ready to get bored.