Learning on ScreenOptimisation of Running and Jumping
- Synopsis
- Recording of a lecture given by Professor McNeill Alexander as part of the London Mathematical Society’s Popular Lecture Series. Professor Alexander shows how relatively simple mathematical models help to explain why we walk to go slowly and run to go faster, the speed at which a rhinoceros should gallop like a cat, and who high jumpers run up so slowly.
- Series
- Popular Lecture Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 51 min.
- Year of production
- 1993
- Availability
- Hire; 2006 hire: £5.00
- Uses
- 6th-form and undergraduate mathematics.
- Subjects
- Mathematics
- Keywords
- mathematical modelling; movement
Credits
- Writer
- McNeill Alexander
- Cast
McNeill Alexander
Production Company
Sponsor
Distributor (Hire)
- Name
London Mathematical Society
- lms@lms.ac.uk
- Web
- http://www.lms.ac.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7637 3686
- Fax
- 020 7323 3655
- Address
- De Morgan House
57-58 Russell Square
London
WC1B 4HS - Notes
- Video recordings of twice-yearly LMS Popular Lectures, which aim to present exciting topics and interesting applications to anyone with a serious interest in mathematics such as sixth form and university students. Recent lectures are for sale on DVD and older ones for hire on video.
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