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  1. Displays: Record Patterns

    Date released
    1977
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    207
    NoS ID
    325883
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: For engineer/mathematician Denys Fisher, complex patterns have always offered immense fascination. And for years he has poured his ingenuity into devising methods of reproducing these patterns...

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  2. Letters from an Indian Clerk (1988 Video)

    Director
    Christopher Sykes
    Producer
    Christopher Sykes
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Charts the life of self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan from his roots in rural India to his work in pure mathematics at Cambridge University. Discusses Ramanujam’s relationship with...

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  3. Tempest, The (2009 Television)

    Series
    South Bank Show, The
    Producer
    Paul Tickell

    Anthology arts series. Examines why The Tempest, still holds such fascination for modern audiences. Melvyn Bragg investigates the events surrounding the writing of the play, including contemporary interest...

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  4. Galileo (2000 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 2000 sale: £29.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Recreation of the life and work of the Italian astronomer and mathematician Galileo. Includes dramatisations, contemporary images and comment and interpretation by historians Les Prince and Joel Roderick.

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  5. Bellman Equation, The (2014)

    Director
    Gabriel Leif Bellman
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 78 minutes), £15.99

    Gabriel Bellman examines the life of his grandfather Richard Bellman, a mathematician who invented dynamic programming. In the process, the filmmaker attempts to solve one of his subject’s most difficult...

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  6. Piece of Cake, A (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Steve Evanson
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 16 min.

    Illustrates the steps involved in the mathematical modelling cycle, using as an example the need to produce a model for the baking time and a cake of given weight. The model is developed in a discussion...

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  7. N is a Number (1993)

    Director
    George Paul Csicsery
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 57 minutes), $29.95

    Film about Hungarian mathematician Paul Erd s, who was reknowned for his prolific work and his eccentric lifestyle. This whimsical documentary followed him for four years through four countries, presenting...

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  8. Rossellini’s History Films - Renaissance and Enlightenment: Blaise Pascal, The Age of the Medici, Cartesius (2009)

    Director
    Roberto Rossellini (1906-177)
    Subject
    French studies; History; Italian studies; Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 546 minutes), $59.95

    "In 1963, Rossellini announced that he had abandoned cinema and would start working in television. He directed nine telefilms on historical subjects and six short documentaries, claiming TV could be used as...

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  9. Fibonacci Numbers (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1994 sale: £60.00 (+VAT +p&p) combined with three other programmes from the course on a single cassette.

    Shows how matrix algebra can be used to solve a famous mathematical problem first posed by the 13th-century Italian mathematician Fibonacci. The problem concerns pairs of rabbits which breed and produce new...

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  10. How to Make Better Decisions (2008)

    Subject
    Mathematics; Philosophy; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    According to scientists, decision making is not the rational process we imagine it to be. The fickle human mind can be hijacked by its surroundings or led astray by the subconscious. Experiments show that...

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