The joy of Thinking : the Beauty and Power of Classical Mathematical Ideas Part 1 :

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Course 1423.
Lecture 1. Great ideas that bring our world into focus. -- lecture 2. How many? Counting surprises -- lecutre 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. Invisible art of the fourth diminsion.
Edward B. Burger and Michael Starbird.
A series of lectures with Dr. Edward B. Burger of Williams College and Michael Seabird of University of Texas at Austin.
DVD ; full screen.

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PUBLISHED
Arlington, VA : Teaching Co., c2003.
Year Published: 2003
Description: 2 videodiscs : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebooks (68 p. ; 23 cm.) inserted in case.
Language: English
Format: DVD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1565857690

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Seabird, Michael.
Teaching Company.

SUBJECTS
Mathematics.