The joy of mathematics /
Ready to exercise those brain cells? Professor Arthur T. Benjamin is renowned for his feats of mental calculation performed before audiences at schools, theaters, museums, conferences, and in this series, he shows that there are simple tricks that allow anyone to look like a math magician. Through...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
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Chantilly, VA :
Teaching Company,
[2007]
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| Series: | Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.
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| Summary: | Ready to exercise those brain cells? Professor Arthur T. Benjamin is renowned for his feats of mental calculation performed before audiences at schools, theaters, museums, conferences, and in this series, he shows that there are simple tricks that allow anyone to look like a math magician. Throughout these lectures, he shows how everything in mathematics is connected--how the beautiful and often imposing edifice that has given us algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, probability, and so much else is based on nothing more than fooling around with numbers. |
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| Item Description: | Course guidebook includes professor biography, statement of course scope, lecture outlines and notes, glossary, and bibliography. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 173 pages ; 19 cm.) |
| Format: | DVD. |
| Production Credits: | Producers, Jaimee Aigret, Zachary H. Rhoades ; academic content supervisors, Jay Tate, Joan Burton ; directors, Jon Leven, Jim Allen ; camera operators, Jim Allen, Alexis Doty, Jared Bourgeois, Jack Dierken. |
| ISBN: | 1598033107 : 9781598033106 : |