The Shape of Nature
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On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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"Course no. 1460"--Disc label.
3 parts with 36 lectures.
Each lecture ca. 30 min.
Lecturer: Professor Satyan L. Devadoss, Williams College.
An authoriative guide to the mathematical shapes around us: how they're formed, how they're studied, and how they're applied to our everyday lives. With these lectures presented in three parts you will discover the intricate relationship between mathematics and nature, get a pointed introduction to the language mathematicians use to study shapes and dimensions, and learn how to finally make sense of this abstract intriguing subject.
DVD.
NTSC.
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SERIES
Great courses. Science & mathematics.
PUBLISHED
Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 6 videodiscs (ca. 1080 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 106 p. ; 19 cm.)
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1598036491
9781598036497
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Rhoades, Zachary H.
Teaching Company.
SUBJECTS
Science -- Mathematical models.
Mathematics in nature.
Mathematics in art.
Pattern perception.
Geometry in nature.
Symmetry (Mathematics)
Form perception.
Filmed lectures.
Nonfiction films.
DVD.