Movie Details
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Paul Overton
Production Companies:BBC
The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms on the Web:Official Website
The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms
Audience Score
StarringMarcus du Sautoy
DirectorDavid Briggs
Watch on Amazon Video59 minDocumentary
Plot
Without us noticing, modern life has been taken over. Algorithms run everything from search engines on the internet to satnavs and credit card data security - they even help us travel the world, find love and save lives. Mathematician Professor Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms. By showing us some of the algorithms most essential to our lives, he reveals where these 2,000-year-old problem solvers came from, how they work, what they have achieved and how they are now so advanced they can even programme themselves.
