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  1. Revision Pack One: Literacy and Numeracy (2014)

    Subject
    Mathematics

    Young adults in the UK have scored among the lowest results in the industrialised world in international literacy and numeracy tests and have come 22nd and 21st respectively out of 24 countries. This package...

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  2. Brief History of Mathematics, A (2014)

    Subject
    Mathematics; Science

    Podcasts. Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science. Ten fifteen minute podcasts that reveal the personalities behind the calculations from Newton to the...

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  3. Joy of Logic, The (2014)

    Director
    Catherine Gale
    Subject
    Mathematics; Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 60 minutes), £20

    BBC 4 programme presented by Dave Cliff, professor of computer science and engineering at Bristol University, With the help of 25 seven-year-olds, Professor Cliff creates, for the first time, a computer...

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  4. Precision: The Measure of All Things (2013)

    Director
    Mike Cunliffe
    Producer
    Mark Woodward
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £41.99

    Series in which Professor Marcus du Sautoy explores why we are driven to measure and quantify the world around us and why we have reduced the universe to just a handful of fundamental units of measurement....

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  5. Can Maths Predict a Riot? (2013)

    Subject
    Mathematics; Social sciences

    This video came about as a result of work done by Dr Hannah Fry at University College, London, looking at the 2011 London riots from a mathematical perspective. While looking into the data behind the events,...

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  6. 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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  7. Geometry in the Real World (2013)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 90 minutes), £9.97

    DVD containing two separate talks on the subject of the practical applications of mathematics, suitable for GCSE pupils, aged 14 - 17. In the first talk ‘Architecture - Shaped by Maths’, Paul Shepherd...

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  8. Are You Feeling Lucky? (2013)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 90 minutes), £10.00

    DVD containing two separate talks on the subject of statistics, probability and fractals, aimed at GCSE pupils, aged 13 - 17. in HOW IMPROBABLE IS THAT? Matt Parker investigates the Lottery, coin and dice...

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  9. From Juggling to Jazz (2013)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 90 minutes), £10.00

    DVD containing two separate talks on the subject of patterns and combinations, aimed at GCSE pupils, aged 13 - 17. In PATTERNS AND PREDICTIONS Colin Wright shows how spotting patterns can help in surprising...

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  10. Weird and Wonderful Maths (2013)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 90 minutes), £10.00

    DVD containing two separate talks on the subject of shapes, proof and waves, aimed at GCSE pupils, aged 13 - 16. In MATHS, MYSTERY AND THE ELECTRIC GUITAR, David Acheson shares some of his favourite...

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