Learning on ScreenFractals: Hunting the Hidden Dimension
- Alternative title
- Hunting the Hidden Dimension
- Synopsis
- What do movie special effects, the stock market, and heart attacks have in common? They are connected by a recent branch of maths called fractals, which changed the way we see the world and opened up a vast new territory to scientific analysis and understanding. Meet the mathematicians who developed fractals from a mere curiosity to an approach that touches nearly every branch of understanding, including the fate of our universe. NB Also available on Blu-Ray.
Divided into 5 sections for online viewing: Fractal Basics; The Mandelbrot Set; On the Defense; Fractals in the Body; Nature’s Fractal Nature - Series
- Nova, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Year of production
- 2008
- Subjects
- Mathematics
- Keywords
- applied mathematics; fractals; Mandelbrot set
Online availability
- URI
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fractals/program.html
- Price
- free
- Delivery
- Streamed
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 1 NTSC
- Price
- $19.99
- Duration/Size
- 56 minutes
- Year
- 2012
Sponsor
- Name
PBS
- Web
- http://www.pbs.org External site opens in new window
Distributor
- Name
PBS Shop
- Web
- http://www.shoppbs.org External site opens in new window
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