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Concepts in mathematics.

Title: Concepts in mathematics. Conic sections / producer, David Chamberlain.
Publication: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [1992], ©1992.

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	videocassette 1	Moving image	Request in advance	QA485 .C66 1992g videocassette 1	Off-site
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	videocassette 2	Moving image	Request in advance	QA485 .C66 1992g videocassette 2	Off-site
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	videocassette 3	Moving image	Request in advance	QA485 .C66 1992g videocassette 3	Off-site
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	videocassette 4	Moving image	Request in advance	QA485 .C66 1992g videocassette 4	Off-site
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	videocassette 5	Moving image	Request in advance	QA485 .C66 1992g videocassette 5	Off-site
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	videocassette 6	Moving image	Request in advance	QA485 .C66 1992g videocassette 6	Off-site

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6 videocassettes (60 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.

Summary

A short historical review of this subject mentions the Greek mathematician Euclid (fl. 300 B.C.), René Descartes (1637), Georg Riemann (1854), and C.F. Gauss (around 1900). The various geometric curves formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone at various angles are defined and their equations in a Cartesian plane derived.
The last videocassette discusses today's applications in sound and light reflections: telescopes, headlights of automobiles, the sonic boom of the jet plane, the trajectory in the space program, etc.

Alternative Title

Conic sections

Subject

Conic sections

Note

Originally produced by TVOntario, c1989.
"FFH3731-FFH3736"--Spines of containers.

Credits (note)

Producer, David Chamberlain; writers, Susan Perry, John Amadio; consultants, Joseph Cunsolo, Ron Lancaster, Jack Weiner.

System Details (note)

VHS format.

Contents

cassette [1] Slicing the cone -- cassette [2] The circle -- cassette [3] The ellipse -- cassette [4] The parabola -- cassette [5] The hyperbola --cassette [6] Applications of conic sections.

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37911459
ocm37911459
SCSB-3510615

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Columbia University Libraries