The Beauty Of Diagrams

The Beauty Of Diagrams is a TV show on British national television from BBC4 with an average rating of 3.8 stars by TelevisionCatchUp.co.uk's visitors. We have 4 episodes of The Beauty Of Diagrams in our archive. The first episode of The Beauty Of Diagrams was broadcast in June, 2020. Did you miss an episode of The Beauty Of Diagrams but don't you wan't that to happen in the future? Please set an alarm and add The Beauty Of Diagrams to your favourites, so we can remind you by email when there's a new episode available to watch. For free!

Rating:3.8 of 5Total number of episodes:4
Last broadcast:04/06/2020 at 19:30

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June 2020

6. Pioneer Plaque

04/06/2020 4.0 20 x

Marcus du Sautoy explores the story behind the Pioneer Plaque, a diagram on board a space probe which would reveal facts about the Earth to extra-terrestrial life.

3. Newton's Prism

03/06/2020 4.0 18 x

Marcus du Sautoy tells the story behind Isaac Newton's diagram of a prism which demonstrated that white light is not pure, but made up of different colours.

2. Copernicus

02/06/2020 3.0 10 x

Marcus du Sautoy tells the story behind Copernicus's diagram of a sun-centred universe, for which the Polish astronomer risked derision and accusations of heresy.

1. Vitruvian Man

01/06/2020 4.0 17 x

The story behind Leonardo da Vinci's diagram of the perfect human body, which synthesises his passions for anatomy, the mechanics of the human body and geometry.

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