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  1. Study of Mathematics, The (1997 Video)

    Producer
    Pip Surgey
    Subject
    Education; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30? min.

    Looks at mathematics graduates, asking what they do, why they enjoy mathematics, what they can do with their degrees. Identifies careers for mathematics graduates; several maths graduates introduce their...

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  2. Symmetry Counts (1997 Video)

    Producer
    Adam Adamyk
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Investigates the idea of symmetry of three-dimensional objects and develops a strategy for counting the symmetries of the five so-called ‘Platonic solids’. This strategy is used to check the results for...

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  3. Caught in Time (1996)

    Producer
    Pip Surgey
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Modelling the mathematics of the art of juggling has led to the discovery of totally new throwing patterns.

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  4. Ms221 Videocassette 1 (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Pip Surgey
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    AVAILABLE ONLY AS PART OF COURSE MATERIALS, Videocassette. Standard formats, col. 121 min.

    A (17 min): Looks at how the curves known as conics arise in different contexts and at the specific properties that lead to ways of describing them mathematically. / (41 min): Examines isometric...

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  5. Mu120 Videocassette 1 (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Pip Surgey
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 120 min., 1998 sale: £120.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Support video for course MU120 - a compilation of six programmes. 1: Advises students on the effective use of video-based course materials. 2: Shows how, since World War 2, the situation of women who go out...

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  6. Mu120 Videocassette 2 (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Pip Surgey
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 116 min., 1998 sale: £120.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Support video for cours MU120 - a video compilation of seven programmes. [See synopses for individual programmes for details of content.]

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  7. Passionate Statistician, The (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Pip Surgey
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL), £34.99

    Florence Nightingale made use of statistics in her hospital work during the Crimean war to show that hospital hygiene was so poor that the wounded were less likely to die from disease at the front than in...

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  8. Source of Inspiration (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Pip Surgey
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 2001 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at ways of modelling spirals mathematically, focusing on three types: the helix, the Archimedian spiral in two and three dimensions, and the equiangular (or exponential) spiral.

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  9. Asthma and the Bean (1995)

    Producer
    Pip Surgey
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Looks at how statistical techniques helped to find the cause of mysterious asthma attacks in Barcelona during the 1980s. Between 1981 and 1984 seven serious asthma outbreaks in adults were reported at...

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  10. Language for Movement, A (1995)

    Producer
    Pip Surgey
    Subject
    Dance; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Given that the use of symbolic language is not exclusive to mathematics, this programme looks at dancing and why and how notations, which are symbolic languages, are used to record and recreate dances....

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