DVD
The joy of thinking. Part 1 of 2 [videorecording] : the beauty and power of classical mathematical ideas / Edward B. Burger and Michael Starbird.
Discover classical mathematics as an artistic and creative realm that contains some of the greatest ideas of human history, ideas that have shaped cultures. Explore the fourth dimension, conincidences, fractals, the allure of number and gemoetry, in understandable terms. No formulas, problems, equations, techniques and drills that remind us of school, but thinking that opens doors and minds and become an endless frontier of ideas to explore.
Record details
- ISBN: 1565857690 (set)
- ISBN: 9781565857698 (set)
- Physical Description: 2 videodiscs : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (68 p. ; 23 cm.)
- Publisher: Arlington, VA : Teaching Co., c2003.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- 12 lectures.Part one of two parts. Contains the lectures 1-12 of 24 lectures on classical mathematics.Guide includes lecture notes and outlines, glossary, biographical notes of key people.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Lecture 1. Great ideas that bring our world into focus -- Lecture 2. How many? Counting surprises -- Lecture 3. Fermat's last theorem and the allure of number -- Lecture 4. Pining for natures numbers -- Lecture 5. Sizing up the Fibonacci numbers -- Lecture 6. Sexiest rectangle -- Lecture 7. Hidden beauty of the golden rectangle -- Lecture 8. Pythagorean theorem and geography of ellipses -- Lecture 9. Not-so-platonic relationsships in platonic solids -- Lecture 10. Hunting for a sixth platonic solid -- Lecture 11. Is there a fourth dimension? Can we see it? Lecture 12. The invisible art of the fourth diminsion.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Director, Tom Dunton.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Lectures by Edward B. Burger, Williams College, and Michael Starbird, University of Texas in Austin.
- System Details Note:
- DVD.
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- Subject:
- Mathematics.