NOVA leads viewers on a mathematical mystery tour — a provocative exploration of math’s power across the centuries. Math was essential to everything from the first wireless radio transmissions to the prediction and discovery of the Higgs boson and the successful landing of rovers on Mars. But where does math get its power? Astrophysicist and writer Mario Livio follows math from Pythagoras to Einstein and beyond, leading to the ultimate riddle: Is math an invention or a discovery, humankind’s clever trick or the language of the universe?