Early History of Mathematics
VHS/PAL
Published on 29. November 2002
Video
16 pages
978-3-540-92647-4 (ISBN)
Description
This film explains with accessible examples the major events in the history of early mathematics. Tom Apostol's acclaimed presentation makes the topic unfailingly informative and entertaining. Everybody interested in mathematics will be able to understand the film, and even experts will learn something new from it. VHS/PAL video tape, duration: 30 minutes.
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"This 30 minute video uses motion, colour, music, and images of original documents to outline some of the important developments in the early history of mathematics, from Babylonian calendars on clay tablets produced 5000 years ago, to landmark events leading to the development of calculus in the seventeenth century." (L'Enseignment Mathematique Vol. 49 (1-2), 2003)
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Popular/general
Product notice
PAL
Illustrations
biography
Duration
Dauer: 30 min
Weight
280 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-92647-4 (9783540926474)
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Other editions
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Video
11/2002
Springer
€47.54
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Content
1. Introduction.- 2. From Euclid to the Seventeenth Century.- 3. From Scratch Marks to Number Systems.- 4. From Numerology to Number Theory.- 5. The Pythagorean Theorem.- 6. A Shocking Discovery.- 7. Pi Through the Ages.- 8. From Astronomy to Trigonometry.- 9. From Archimedes to Fermat and Descartes.- 10. The Race for the Calculus.