Follow our expert guides to prime numbers:
"is there a biggest prime, or can I always find a bigger one?"
A prime primer: Simon Singh gives an overview of what prime numbers are.
"a strange mathematical landscape whose contours held the secrets of how the primes were distributed"
Patterns and landscapes: Marcus du Sautoy takes us deeper into the patterns of prime numbers.
"they’re like the hydrogen and oxygen of the world of mathematics"
Talking primes: BBC Radio 4's Material World discusses what these numbers might mean.
Music of the Primes in more depth:
OU on the BBC: Music of the Primes - Welcome From Marcus du Sautoy
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What's the obsession with prime numbers? Why make a programme about them? Marcus DuSautoy explains all by way of welcome. Read more : OU on the BBC: Music of the Primes - Welcome From Marcus du Sautoy
A prime primer
BBC
They're astonishingly powerful numbers. Simon Singh introduces the primes. Read more : A prime primer
Patterns and Landscapes
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Marcus du Sautoy delves into the work of Gauss and Riemann, the two mathematicians who started to discover the order behind prime numbers Read more : Patterns and Landscapes
Queen (and Slave) Of The Sciences
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Katie Chicot explains why numbers make the world go round. Read more : Queen (and Slave) Of The Sciences
OU on the BBC: Music of the Primes - About The Programme
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Marcus du Sautoy gets to grips with prime numbers in this BBC/OU series The Music of the Primes Read more : OU on the BBC: Music of the Primes - About The Programme
OU on the BBC: Music of the Primes - Meet Marcus
The Open University / Karen Parker
This article was specially written for Open2.net by the series presenter, Marcus du Sautoy. Get to know your guide through the prime jungle: Meet Marcus. Read more : OU on the BBC: Music of the Primes - Meet Marcus
Talking primes
BBC
What is so magical about prime numbers - and what makes them musical? The Material World wanted to find out... Read more : Talking primes
OU on the BBC: Music of the Primes - Newton: The Lecture
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Find out more about Isaac Newton in this programme from the BBC/OU Mark Steel Lectures. Read more : OU on the BBC: Music of the Primes - Newton: The Lecture
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