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  1. Non-Euclidean Geometry (1994)

    Producer
    Anne-Marie Gallen
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Explores the nature of non-Euclidan geometry, beginning by looking at the toy known as the Euclidean kaleidoscope and moving on to explaining the properties of non-Euclidean geometry. Then explains the...

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  2. Non-Euclidean Geometry 1 (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Barker
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    During the 18th and 19th centuries mathematicians were increasingly questioning the foundations of geometry. Shows how investigations led to the development of non-Euclidean geometry, discussing the work of...

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  3. Non-Euclidean Geometry, A 2 (1978 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks in detail at on of the non-Euclidean geometries where there is no longer a unique line through a given point parallel to a given line. The example given is the Poincare disc, where lines are defines as...

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  4. Wallpaper Patterns in Different Geometries (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min., 2006 hire: £5.00

    Recording of a lecture given by Dr A F Reardon as part of in the London Mathematical Society’s Popular Lecture Series. Wallpaper patterns arise by translating, rotating, or reflecting a given motif to...

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  5. Klein’s Unification of Geometry (1979 Video)

    Producer
    Jack Koumi
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Computer animation and a 3-D model of a perspectivity demonstrate that Euclidean, non-Euclidean and projective geometries are unified, and also distinguished by Klein’s view of each one as a space plus a...

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  6. Ideas of Space (1978 Video)

    Director
    Jack Koumi
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Introduces the study of geometry via group theory, introducing this approach on three-dimensional Euclidean geometry.

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  7. Matter of Geometry, A (1979 Video)

    Producer
    James Burge
    Subject
    Mathematics; Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    The history of practical geometry: for thousands of years it was believed that the geometry of Euclid was the only possible description of space. At the beginning of the last century mathematicians showed...

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  8. Geometry and Perspective (1991 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min., 2006 hire: £5.00

    Recording of a lecture given by Professor E C Zeeman as part of the London Mathematical Society’s Popular Lecture Series. It explains the vanishing points and observation points of perspective and proves...

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  9. How to See Objects in Four Dimensions (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Hire Sale (Imperial College), Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 54 min., 2006 hire: £5.00

    Recording of a lecture given by Professor S A Robertson as part of the London Mathematical Society’s Popular Lecture Series. Our experience of the physical world through sight, touch and hearing is the raw...

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  10. Mathwise (1995 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Thirty-two self-study modules, with 18 titles for Apple Macintosh platforms and 21 for PC, on mathematics for science and engineering students, each covering a separate topic. Approximately 5 hours of...

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