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Episode 2 of the BBC documentary series The Story of Math gives due credit to the East - China, India and Arabia in the history of mathematics. (58 min, 6 segments)

In the first episode, The Story of Maths is the story of civilization, of human history starting with the need to quantify. (58 min)

A civilization that was lost through time is finally rediscovered through the deciphering of their language and hieroglyphs from around 1595 BC. (42 min, 6 segments)

The story of Daniel Tammet, a twenty-something with extraordinary mental abilities - he sees and feels numbers, does huge calculations in his head and learns a new language in a week. (48 min, 5 segments)

The ancient Maya left behind a riddle: an intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script undecipherable until now. (52:48 min)