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  1. Geometry in the Real World (2013)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 90 minutes), £9.97

    DVD containing two separate talks on the subject of the practical applications of mathematics, suitable for GCSE pupils, aged 14 - 17. In the first talk ‘Architecture - Shaped by Maths’, Paul Shepherd...

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  2. Geometry Euclid Didn’t Know, The (1979 Film, Video)

    Producer
    David Nulsen
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Traces the history of Euclid’s fifth postulate. Introduces elliptic and hyperbolic geometries. Distinguishes between mathematical consistency and ‘truth’.

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  3. In Perspective (1978 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Demonstrates some of the effects of perspective changes on plane geometrical figures, and shows how these are related to the ideas of projective geometry.

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  4. Perception and Proportion (1980 Multimedia)

    Producer
    Monica Pidgeon
    Subject
    Architecture; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, Audiocassette. 25 min; 24 slides. col.

    Anne Tyng, long-time collaborator of Louis I Kahn in his Philadelphia office, is an associate professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. She says: ‘We see as a result of...

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  5. Rainbow, The (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    DVD (24 minutes ), £34.99

    An Open University programme using optics and geometry to investigate the rainbow. Over the years the rainbow has fascinated theologians and philosophers alike. Both groups have suggested many reasons for...

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  6. True Geometry of Nature, The (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Traces the mathematics of chaos and fractas back to its orgins, showing how the concepts grew out of a mistake by one of the world’s great mathemqaticians to become an intriguing set of concepts that are...

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  7. Journey to the Center of a Triangle (1976)

    Director
    Bruce Cornwell; Katherine Cornwell
    Subject
    Mathematics

    One of a series of computer-animated geometry films by Bruce & Katharine Cornwell. Created on the Tektronics 4051 Graphics Terminal. It presents a series of animated constructions that determine the centre...

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  8. 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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  9. Living with Patterns / Friezes (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 59 min., 2000 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Three programmes for use with course units IB1 and IB3: 1) Living with Patterns (37 min): Explores geometry using wallpaper and tiling patterns. Shows rotational and reflectional symmetries with wallpaper...

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  10. Caroms (1968 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min.

    An animated film exhibiting the relationship between a carom - a ball rebounding from a wall - and a reflection. This principle is used to solve elementary geometric inequalities leading up to an exploration...

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