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The joy of thinking the beauty and power of classical mathematical ideas /

Title
The joy of thinking [videorecording] : the beauty and power of classical mathematical ideas / Edward B. Burger and Michael Starbird ; the Teaching Company ; a production of Alvin H. Perlmutter, Inc.
Author
Burger, Edward B., 1963-
Publication
Arlington, VA : Teaching Co., c2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Perlmutter, Alvin H.
  • Starbird, Michael.
  • Teaching Company. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr91045166
Description
4 DVDs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
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, coincidences, fractals, the allure of number and geometry, 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.
Series Statement
Great courses
Uniform Title
Great courses (DVD)
Subject
Mathematics
Genre/Form
Video recordings.
System Details (note)
  • DVD, region 1.
Contents
  • Pt. 1, lecture 1. Great ideas that bring our world into focus. -- lecture 2. How many? Counting surprises -- 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 relationships in platonic solids. -- lecture 10. Hunting for a sixth platonic solid. -- lecture 11. Is there a fourth dimension? Can we see it? lecture 12. Invisible art of the fourth dimension.
  • pt. 2, lecture 13. A twisted idea--the Mobius band. --lecture 14. One-sided, sealed surface--the Klein bottle -- lecture 15. Ordinary origami--creating beautiful patterns. --lecture 16. Unfolding paper to reveal a fiery fractal. -- lecture 17. Fractals--infinitely complex creations. -- lecture 18. Fractal frauds of nature. -- lecture 19. Chance surprises--measuring uncertainty. -- lecture 20. Door number two or door number three? -- lecture 21. Great expectation--weighing the uncertain future. -- lecture 22. Random thoughts--randomness in our world. -- lecture 23. How surprising are surprising coindences? -- lecture 24. Life lessons learned from mathematical thinking.
ISBN
  • 1565857690
  • 9781565857698
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library