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Prime numbers have fascinated people for centuries and I’m no exception. I live in a prime obsessed world. I have a prime number of children – twin girls - and a boy makes three. My house number is prime, 53; my car registration is prime, 47; my car is a Primera!
I even persuaded the football team I play for to wear prime number shirts. So we do, from 2 up to 41. And, ever since, the results have been remarkable. We’ve shot to the top of the league.
But my other passion is the search for patterns and the primes offer the ultimate challenge. These fundamental numbers look as wild as stars in the night sky. How did Nature choose the primes?
This is the story of a 2000-year journey across cultures and continents in humankind’s attempts to solve the riddle of these enigmatic numbers. Welcome to The Music of the Primes.
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Music of the Primes in more depth:
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
BBC
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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