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Lord Russell

Date released

5 Feb 1970

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2122A

NoS ID

028175

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lord Russell. DESCRIPTION: Death at 97 of Lord (Bertrand) Russell - mathematician, author, philosopher and humanist. Library film of Russell at home, with Russian scientists and...

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Calculus and Fluid Dynamics (2017)

Subject

Mathematics

Podcast on the subject of calculus and differentiation. Florencia Tettamanti, a mathematician working on fluid dynamics, discusses how she uses calculus to study the motion of fluids like air and water, and...

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City week (1979)

Genre

Interview

City Week, presented by Tom Maddocks, looks back at recent financial stories. Issues covered include controversial proposed changes to employment legislation; state of the dollar and price of gold;...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Matthews Interview: Captain Tony Meadows, Concorde Pilot (1982)

Mike Matthews talks to Captain Tony Meadows, the pilot of Concorde Airplane. He talks about his life and his career. He says that he started as a mathematician, then went to the National Service, in the...

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Dimensions: A Walk Through Mathematics (2010)

Director

Aurélien Alvarez

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 117 minutes), 10 euros

In broad terms, the level of mathematics in the 9 chapters increases gradually, with the early ones being suitable for the general public and ages 12-15, and the later ones for university science students....

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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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Another Five Numbers (2005)

Subject

Mathematics

A series of 15-minute programmes in which Simon Singh investigates the history of some of the most special numbers in mathematics - 4, 7, the largest prime, Kepler’s conjecture, and game theory

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Alan Turing: Reflections on His Personal Life (2016)

Subject

Information technology

To what extent did Alan Turing influence the evolution of modern computing? The 20th Century mathematician is considered by many to be the father of computer science. Aside from his contribution to maths...

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Psychology of Alan Turing, The (2014)

Subject

Psychiatry; Psychology

Distribution

Audio (Download)

Podcast from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Michael Ferguson has written book reviews of two recent biographies on the mathematician and cryptographer Alan Turing - who recently received a royal pardon...

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Teaching Students to Write Mathematics (2013)

Subject

Mathematics

Teaching students to write mathematics correctly is often neglected part of a mathematics degree (and earlier education). This downloadable DVD was produced as part of Kevin Houston’s aim to to rectify...

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