Tập
NOVA: Episode 9
Tóm tắt
NOVA explores the life of Srinivasa Ramanujan, a poor clerk from India who astounded mathematicians in the 1910s with his brilliant insight into the world of numbers.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- NOVA
- Mùa
- Mùa 15
- Tập
- Tập 9
- Ngày phát sóng
- 1988-03-22
- Thời lượng
- 55 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 9 là tập 9 trong Season 15 của NOVA. Tập này phát sóng ngày 1988-03-22. Thời lượng là 55 min.
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