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The new shepherd's lamp

Title
The new shepherd's lamp / a coproduction of Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS Audiovisuel, IMAGICIEL ; a film by François Tisseyre and Claire Weingarten ; directed by François Tisseyre, Claire Weingarten, Atelier EcoutezVoir ; screen play, François Tisseyre, Claire Weingarten ; scientific author, Jean Pierre Bourguignon.
Publication
Meudon, France : CNRS Audiovisuel [distributor], [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Tisseyre, François.
  • Weingarten, Claire.
  • Bourguignon, J.-P. (Jean-Pierre), 1947-
  • Atelier EcoutezVoir.
  • Ecole polytechnique (France)
  • CNRS audiovisuel.
  • Imagiciel (Firm)
Description
1 videocassette (29 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
Summary
"The film aims to provide an overall view and a closer perception of the movement of ideas, in which mathematics swings between the utilitarian and the purely speculative. And hints that some day, perhaps, mathematics will validate some model or open up some new field of application"--Container.
Subject
Mathematics > History
Note
  • "This film was produced for the bicentennial of the Ecole Polytechnique."
  • "From an idea of Jean Pierre Bourguignon."
Credits (note)
  • Photography, Lionel Cousin.
Audience (note)
  • High school through adult.
System Details (note)
  • VHS.
OCLC
ocm36999244
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries