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  1. Know Your Enemy: Viruses Under the Mathematical Microscope (2008)

    Subject
    Biology; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes (approx)), £12.00

    A recording of a lecture delivered as part of the London Mathematical Society’s Popular Lecture series. Dr Reidun Twarock of York University explains how mathematics can help us understand the structure of...

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  2. Fractals: Hunting the Hidden Dimension (2008)

    aka: Hunting the Hidden Dimension

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    , DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 56 minutes), $19.99

    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...

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  3. Hawking Paradox, The (2007)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Mathematics; Physics; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    In 2004, Stephen Hawking did something that scientists never do. He admitted he had made a mistake. After nearly 30 years, the man who discovered black holes was claiming that his entire theory about them...

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  4. Computational Science and Engineering (2007)

    Subject
    Mathematics

    This course of 32 video lectures by Gilbert Strang of MIT provides a review of linear algebra, including applications to networks, structures, and estimation, Lagrange multipliers. Also covered are:...

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  5. Mathematics of Shrek, The (2005)

    Subject
    Film Studies; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes (approx)), £12.00

    A recording of a lecture delivered as part of the London Mathematical Society’s Popular Lecture series. Dr Joan Lasenby of Trinity College, Cambridge, demonstrates how mathematics, coupled with immense...

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  6. What Computers Cannot Do (2005)

    Subject
    Information technology; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes (approx)), £12.00

    A recording of a lecture delivered as part of the London Mathematical Society’s Popular Lecture series by Dr A. Slomson of Leeds University. Computers can solve many mathematical problems but, no matter...

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  7. John D Barrow: Not Just About Numbers (2004)

    Subject
    Mathematics

    A recording of a public lecture delivered by John D. Barrow at the Royal Society on 19 October 2004. What is mathematics and why does it work? In this talk John Barrow takes a look at some of the ways in...

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  8. Spoonful of Maths Helps the Medicine Go Down, A (2004)

    Subject
    Mathematics; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes (approx)), £12.00

    A recording of a lecture delivered as part of the London Mathematical Society’s Popular Lecture series. Professor H. Byrne of Nottingham University discusses the role that mathematics can play in the field...

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  9. Big Money Mathematics (2004)

    Subject
    Economics; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes (approx)), £12.00

    A recording of a lecture delivered as part of the London Mathematical Society’s Popular Lecture series. Professor K. Binmore of University College London discusses what happens when game theory is applied...

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  10. Our Dynamic Sun (2004)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes (approx)), £12.00

    A recording of a lecture delivered as part of the London Mathematical Society’s Popular Lecture series. Dr H.E. Mason of Camirbdge University discusses how mathematics helps to unravel the mysteries of the...

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