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The Elegant Solution: Tri-Strut

Date released

1974

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

145

NoS ID

325603

Story no

1 / 4

COI synopsis: Certain scientific developments have an immediate appeal - an appeal based on their inherent elegance. This issue looks at four ideas in science which, echoing the elegance that dominates the...

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Lines, Rays & Planes (2010)

aka: The Geometry Tutor: Lines and Planes

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 30 minutes), $39.95

This 30 minutes program focuses on explaining the difference between lines, rays and planes as an introduction to mastering the skill of reading geometric figures. Basic concepts in geometry are explained by...

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Prospero’s Books (1991 Film)

Director

Peter Greenaway

Producer

Kees Kasander

Feature film based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Prospero is given 24 books to lessen the pain of his exile on a barren island. Greenaway interprets The Tempest as a mind reviewing its entire contents, and...

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Art and Mathematics (1996 Multimedia)

Subject

Art; Mathematics

Distribution

CD-ROM

CD-ROM based teaching resource looking at the interplay between mathematics and the visual arts. Modules cover spiritual geometry, magic squares, perspective, knots and links, the Divine Proportion, ‘The...

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Revision Geometry (1978 Audio)

Producer

Michael Bowen

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. 7 min.

A rapid review of the main features of plane geometry.

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Exploring Chaos and Fractals (1994 Multimedia)

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

CD-ROM

Material on chaos theory and fractal geometry, with text, worksheets sound, video and animation.

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Wild Geometry (1995 Video)

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 43 min., 2006 hire: £5.00

Recording of a lecture given by Professor Nigel Ray as part of the London Mathematical Society’s Popular Lecture Series. If tame geometry is epitomised by familiar shapes of everyday life, wild geometry is...

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Area of Parallelograms (2010)

aka: The Geometry Tutor: Area of Parallelograms

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 11 minutes), £19.99

This program guides viewers through the concept of area and how it applies to calculating the area of parallelograms. The concepts are explained using example problems that are worked out step-by-step.

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Geometry and Computers (1991)

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Hire, VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), £5.00

Video of a lecture given by Dr P Giblin as part of the London Mathematical Society’s Popular Lecture series. Modern geometry interacts with computers in several ways. Computers can draw pictures for...

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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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