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Documentary in which Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how chaos theory can answer a question that mankind has asked for millennia - how does a universe that starts off as dust end up with intelligent life?...
This film looks at how developments in mathematics over the last century have completely changed our understanding of the fundamental nature of the world we live in. As we approach tipping points in both the...
This is a video recording of a talk in the LMS Popular Lectures given by Dr Hinke Osinga of Bristol University. Maths predicts things - so why is the weather forecast often wrong? The intricacies of chaos...
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...
Discussions focusing on computer science, mechanical and electrical engineering. 1.1: Concepts - Fractals: relations between chaos and fractals, reaturing Benoit Mandelbrot. Discusses self-similarity with...
Discussions focusing on philosophy, psychology and neurology. 1 (30 min): Professor Francisco Varela on the relationships between mind and body, encompassing the theory of neural networks and the debate...
Discussions focusing on biology and chemistry. 1.1: Concepts - Strange Attractors: basic concepts of chaos theory and the concept of the strange attractor, with the Lorenz attractor and the Rossler attractor...
Traces the mathematics of chaos and fractas back to its orgins, showing how the concepts grew out of a mistake by one of the world’s great mathemqaticians to become an intriguing set of concepts that are...
Material on chaos theory and fractal geometry, with text, worksheets sound, video and animation.
Programmes focusing on physics, mathematics and chemistry. 1.1: Concepts of chaos - Sensitivity to Initial Conditions: David Ruelle and Yves Pomeau introduce some basic concepts of chaos theory, focusing on...
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