| Description |
4 DVDs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (22 cm). |
| Series |
Great courses. Science & mathematics |
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Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: David M. Bressoud, Macalester College. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
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. |
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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. |
| Note |
For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- History -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Instructional films.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| Added Title |
History of mathematics |
| ISBN |
159803426X |
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9781598034264 |
| Music No. |
1434 Teaching Co. |
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