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100 1  Bressoud, David M.,|d1950- 
245 14 The queen of the sciences|h[(DVD) videorecording] :|ba 
       history of mathematics /|cDavid M. Bressoud. 
246 30 History of mathematics 
264  1 Chantilly, VA :|bTeaching Co.,|c[2008] 
264  4 |c©2008 
300    4 DVDs (approximately 720 min.) :|bsound, color ;|c4 3/4 
       in. +|e2 course guidebooks (22 cm). 
336    two-dimensional moving image|btdi|2rdacontent 
337    video|bv|2rdamedia 
338    videodisc|bvd|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Great courses. Science & mathematics 
500    For specific features see interactive menu. 
504    Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0  Pt. 1, lecture 1. What is mathematics? -- lecture 2. 
       Babylonian and Egyptian mathematics -- lecture 3. Greek 
       mathematics, Thales to Euclid -- lecture 4. Greek 
       mathematics, Archimedes to Hypatia -- lecture 5. Astronomy
       and the origins of trigonometry -- lecture 6. Indian 
       mathematics, trigonometry blossoms -- lecture 7. Chinese 
       mathematics, advances in computation -- lecture 8. Islamic
       mathematic, the creation of algebra -- lecture 9. Italian 
       algebraists solve the cube -- lecture 10. Napier and the 
       natural logarithm -- lecture 11. Galileo and the 
       mathematics of motion -- lecture 12. Fermat, Descartes, 
       and analytic geometry. 
505 0  pt. 2, lecture 13. Newton, modeling the universe -- 
       lecture 14. Leibniz and the emergence of calculus -- 
       lecture 15. Euler, calculus proves its promise -- lecture 
       16. Geometry, from Alhambra to Escher -- lecture 17. Gauss,
       invention of differential geometry -- lecture 18. Algebra 
       becomes the science of symmetry -- lecture 19. Modern 
       analysis, Fourier to Carleson -- lecture 20. Riemann sets 
       new directions for analysis -- lecture 21. Sylvester and 
       Ramanujan, different worlds -- lecture 22. Fermat's last 
       theorem, the final triumph -- lecture 23. Mathematics, the
       ultimate physical reality -- lecture 24. Problems and 
       prospects for the 21st century. 
511 0  Lecturer: David M. Bressoud, Macalester College. 
538    DVD. 
650  0 Mathematics|xHistory|vVideodiscs. 
650  0 DVDs. 
655  7 Instructional films.|2lcgft 
710 2  Teaching Company. 
830  0 Great courses (DVD). |pScience & mathematics.