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  1. 11 (2011)

    Director
    Brady Haran
    Subject
    Mathematics

    A fascinating explanation of the role of the number 11 in error detection codes, with examples of ISBNs and damaged CDs.

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  2. Mathematics Goes to the Movies (2017)

    Subject
    Film studies; Mathematics

    An enormous amount of our leisure time is spent interacting with the media, watching television and movies. Much of the space on our computers (and on the Internet) is taken up with static and moving images,...

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  3. Nuclear Reactors and Modelling (2017)

    Subject
    Mathematics

    Podcast about mathematical modelling and linear programming. Rick Crawford, a mathematician studying decommissioning of nuclear reactors, explains how he uses mathematical models to determine whether it is...

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  4. Greg Lynn on Calculus in Architecture (2009)

    Subject
    Architecture; Mathematics

    Greg Lynn talks about the mathematical roots of architecture and how calculus and digital tools allow modern designers to move beyond the traditional building forms. A glorious church in Queens (and a...

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  5. Logarithms and Population Growth

    Subject
    Economics; Mathematics

    A short video introduces the problem of understanding population growth over time in the UK and Mexico, and the logarithm needed to solve it is explained in an accompanying animation. NB This is just one...

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  6. Computational Science and Engineering (2007)

    Subject
    Mathematics

    This course of 32 video lectures by Gilbert Strang of MIT provides a review of linear algebra, including applications to networks, structures, and estimation, Lagrange multipliers. Also covered are:...

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  7. John D Barrow: Not Just About Numbers (2004)

    Subject
    Mathematics

    A recording of a public lecture delivered by John D. Barrow at the Royal Society on 19 October 2004. What is mathematics and why does it work? In this talk John Barrow takes a look at some of the ways in...

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  8. Baths and Quarks: Solitons Explained

    Subject
    Physics

    Professor David Tong, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge, talks about the unique qualities of solitons and their special relationship with quarks. [9...

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  9. Can Maths Combat Terrorism?

    Producer
    Michelle Martin
    Subject
    Mathematics

    When computer scientists decided to study the severity and frequency of 30,000 terrorist attacks worldwide, they found an distinctive pattern hiding in the data. Even though the events spanned 5,000 cities...

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  10. Fractals: Hunting the Hidden Dimension (2008)

    aka: Hunting the Hidden Dimension

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    , DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 56 minutes), $19.99

    What do movie special effects, the stock market, and heart attacks have in common? They are connected by a recent branch of maths called fractals, which changed the way we see the world and opened up a vast...

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