| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) |
| Playing Time |
Duration: 29 minutes |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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In Process Record. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Zala Films in 2006. |
| Summary |
A portrait of two very different mathematicians, porridge pulleys and Pi features Fields medalist Vaughan Jones, one of the world's foremost knot theorists and an avid windsurfer, and Hendrik lenstra, a number theorist with a passion for Homer and all things classical. Porridge pulleys and Pi poses the question: how do we get first-rate research mathematicians? Hendrik lenstra and Vaughan Jones have had an extraordinary impact on mathematics; this charming documentary gives the viewer a taste of their personalities, mathematical and otherwise. A whirlwind tour of knots, geonomics, cryptography, music, Homer, elliptic curves, art, and windsurfing, the video contains sections on the history of Pi, and a suprising discovery involving a cocoa tin and an Escher print. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
| Indexed Term |
Mathematics |
| Added Author |
Csicsery, George, filmmaker
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1135734 Kanopy |
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