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  1. Mathematical Skyline, The (2017)

    Subject
    Mathematics

    Talk by Simon Salamon, Professor in Geometry at Kings College, London. The study of perspective in art has led to a branch of mathematics called projective geometry, which addresses the relationship between...

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  2. Symmetry, Spaces and Undecidability (2015)

    Subject
    Mathematics

    Martin Bridson, Head of the Oxford University Mathematical Institute, explains why an understanding of possible dimensions is impossible beyond the third dimension. When describing the symmetries of any...

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  3. Twisting, Coiling , Knotting: Maths and Dna Replication (2010)

    Subject
    Biology; Mathematics

    The proportions of a DNA molecule in a human cell are equivalent to a 2000-mile-long rope packed inside the Millennium Dome. When DNA replicates, it spins at an astonishing 10 turns per second. Therefore, it...

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  4. Dimensions: A Walk Through Mathematics (2010)

    Director
    Aurélien Alvarez
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 117 minutes), 10 euros

    In broad terms, the level of mathematics in the 9 chapters increases gradually, with the early ones being suitable for the general public and ages 12-15, and the later ones for university science students....

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  5. Geometry of 3-Manifolds (2008)

    Subject
    Mathematics

    Video lecture, including slides and notes, on the subject of low-dimensional topology. Includes question and answer session. [67 minutes]

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  6. Moebius Transformations Revealed (2007)

    Subject
    Mathematics

    A short film made by Douglas Arnold and Jonathan Rogness at the Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications at the University of Minnesota. The video depicts the beauty of Moebius Transformations in...

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  7. Journey to the Center of a Triangle (1976)

    Director
    Bruce Cornwell; Katherine Cornwell
    Subject
    Mathematics

    One of a series of computer-animated geometry films by Bruce & Katharine Cornwell. Created on the Tektronics 4051 Graphics Terminal. It presents a series of animated constructions that determine the centre...

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  8. Symmetry (1966)

    Director
    Philip Stapp
    Subject
    Film studies; Mathematics

    Philip Stapp was one of the greatest animators working in the 1950-1975 era, using stylized, often pointillist abstract imagery, in a floating world sometimes surrealist, at other times reminiscent of...

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  9. Symmetry in Three Dimensions

    Subject
    Mathematics

    A 20-hour course produced by the Open University and made available free online (i.e. does not lead to a qualification). It uses the geometric concept of symmetry to introduce some of the basic ideas of...

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