The Code

Professor Marcus du Sautoy reveals a hidden numerical code that underpins all nature. A code that has the power to explain everything, from the numbers and shapes we see all around us to the rules that govern our own lives. Marcus reveals how significant numbers appear throughout the natural world, part of a hidden mathematical world with rules that govern everything on our planet and beyond.

Starting at the hexagonal columns of Northern Ireland's Giant's Causeway, Marcus discovers the code underpinning the extraordinary order found in nature - from rock formations to honeycombs and salt crystals to soap bubbles. He reveals the mysterious code that governs the apparent randomness of mountains, clouds and trees.

Marcus enters the strange world of what happens next. His odyssey starts with the lunar eclipse - once thought supernatural, now routinely predicted through the power of the code. But more intriguing is what the code can say about our future.