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  1. Tilings at the Alhambra (1995 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Design; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines the different types of patterns in the decorations of the walls of the Alhambra Palace in the finest tradition of Moorish Spain. Shows that most of the patterns are repetitive and may therefore be...

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  2. Wild Geometry (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 43 min., 2006 hire: £5.00

    Recording of a lecture given by Professor Nigel Ray as part of the London Mathematical Society’s Popular Lecture Series. If tame geometry is epitomised by familiar shapes of everyday life, wild geometry is...

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  3. Rainbow, The (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    DVD (24 minutes ), £34.99

    An Open University programme using optics and geometry to investigate the rainbow. Over the years the rainbow has fascinated theologians and philosophers alike. Both groups have suggested many reasons for...

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  4. Colours of Infinity, The (1994 Video)

    aka: Arthur C Clarke’s Colours of Infinity - Exploring the Fractal Univese

    Director
    Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS col. 53 min., 1998 sale: £12.50 (+VAT +p&p)

    A film about fractal geometry, retracing the steps that led to the discovery of the Mandelbrot set, with the aim of illustrating the implications and applications of the Mandelbrot set and fractal geometry...

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  5. Exploring Chaos and Fractals (1994 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Material on chaos theory and fractal geometry, with text, worksheets sound, video and animation.

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  6. Affine Geometry (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Adamyk
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Introduces the idea of affine geometry and looks at different aspects of it use. In three sections: 1: Introduces two theorems about ellipses - the midpoint theorem and the conjugate diameters theorem. Shows...

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  7. Conics in Perspective (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Jean Nunn
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines the theorem whereby with any conic and any tangent triangle to it, the construction joining each vertex of the triangle to the opposite point of tengency produces three lines that meet in a point....

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  8. Inversive Geometry (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Adamyk; Anne-Marie Gallen
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Introduces inversive geometry and shows how it can be used to study the geometry of circles. In four sections: 1) Introduces the inversion transformation and shows how it can be considered as a...

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  9. Lattices and Wallpaper Patterns (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Jack Koumi
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 54 min., 2000 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Support for course units GE/GR 3 and 4. Discusses the five lattice types: hexagonal, parallelogram, rectangular, square and rhombic and illustrates them using computer graphics and animations. Altogether 12...

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  10. Living with Patterns / Friezes (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 59 min., 2000 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Three programmes for use with course units IB1 and IB3: 1) Living with Patterns (37 min): Explores geometry using wallpaper and tiling patterns. Shows rotational and reflectional symmetries with wallpaper...

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