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  1. From Hastings to Halley (1981 Video)

    Producer
    John Jaworski
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Halley’s Comet reappears in the Earth’s part of the solar system about every 75 years. ‘About every 75 years’ is an observation. Can the return date be predicted? Looks at Kepler’s and Newton’s...

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  2. Trees in Data Processing (1987 Video)

    Producer
    John Jaworski
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks at the way manufacturing companies can structure their product information in a computer. Using film shot at Racal-Mobical’s factory in Reading, and extensive animation, shows how Racal use their...

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  3. Models All Around (1993 Video)

    Producer
    John Jaworski
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Mathematical models are developed for various reasons - they can benefit the individual in some way, or satisfy intellectual curiosity, or enable a better response to other models. This programme explores...

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  4. Artists in Logic - Computers in Wood (1996 Video)

    Producer
    John Jaworski
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min.

    Looks at computer-controlled technology in the timber industry, which is used to process each log most profitable. Shows how computers help to make minute adjustments to the lathe to peel the maximum amount...

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  5. Keeping Your Distance (1993 Video)

    Producer
    John Jaworski
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    You are driving along, unhindered by traffic: how close should you drive to the car in front of you in order to be safe? The programme considers this as a modelling problem and approaches it first with a...

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  6. Taylor Polynomials (1978 Video)

    Producer
    John Jaworski; John Richmond
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    How can you work out Sin 0.5? Using computer graphics, shows just how successive Taylor polynomials for Sin x provide better and better approximations. These computer graphics lead to a comparison of the...

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  7. Special Directions: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors (1981 Video)

    Director
    Norman Gowar; Jennifer Phillips
    Producer
    John Jaworski
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Matrices acting in column vectors correspond to transformations of vectors: graphically vectors are shown being moved and changing their length. But some vectors don’t change direction, and their length...

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