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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. Taking off (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Michael Peet
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 24 minutes), £34.99

    Examines aspects of differing cultural and physical experiences to show how modern societies and environments are shaped by mathematics. Looks at the minting of coins in South Wales and patterns in the mud...

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