Jornal Nacional airs special series on Mathematics

Starting this Monday (13), Jornal Nacional will broadcast a special series of four reports on Mathematics, featuring the director-general of IMPA, Marcelo Viana.

Watch the Jornal Nacional series here:

The segments, approximately six minutes each, show how mathematics is present in people's daily lives. The episodes will air throughout this week on the country's main television news program.

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Led by experienced journalist Pedro Bassan, the recordings were made between June and August of this year. Viana is the presenter of the reports, explaining the origin and basic concepts and relating the discipline to everyone's daily life.

The reports use tourist attractions in Rio de Janeiro, such as Sugarloaf Mountain and the Museum of Tomorrow – and even a pizzeria! – to explain interesting facts about the origins of counting, the relationship between mathematics and music, among other topics, and to show how mathematics is useful and fun.

Watch!