Archive for the ‘Math movies’ Category

Friday math movie: Donald in Mathmagic Land

25 January 2013

Donald in Mathmagic Land
This is a classic late-1950s cartoon where Donald learns where math comes from.

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Friday math movie: Fractals – Hunting the Hidden Dimension

18 January 2013

fractal
See this PBS documentary about the development of fractals and how they are used in computer graphics.

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Friday math movie: Teach statistics before calculus!

11 January 2013

statistics before calculus
This short talk argues that people should know about probability and statistics before calculus. I tend to agree.

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Friday math movie: The mathematics of history

7 December 2012

Math of history
What’s the connection between verbs, math and hip hop?

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Friday math movie: Science is for everyone, kids included

30 November 2012

Science is for everyone
Meet 12-year-old Amy O’Toole presenting a scientific paper that starts, “Once upon a time…”

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Friday math movie: How things in nature tend to sync up

23 November 2012

natural synching
Steven Strogatz talks about how flocking behavior naturally occurs – and some mathematical reasons for it.

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Friday math movie: What doctors don’t know about the drugs they prescribe

19 October 2012

Medical statistics could be flawed
Ben Goldacre exposes a dirty truth the drug companies don’t want you to know – journals prefer to publish positive results.

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Friday math movie: Advancing the Digital Arts

31 August 2012

Math Matters Digital ArtsEvery time you see a computer graphic, you are looking at math in action.

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Friday math movie: Triumph of the Hexagon

24 August 2012

Video: Triumph of the HexagonThis is a bit of light relief – hexagons to music.

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Friday math movie: A test for Parkinson’s

18 August 2012

test of parkison's
Here’s a possible test for Parkison’s Disease based on math.

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