Title from DVD menu screen. Co-production of the Open University and BBC. This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives. "47383."
Contents:
Clues Hidden in Cathedral (2:48) -- Divine Numbers (2:18) -- Cicadas: Cyclic Breeding (4:11) -- Cicadas: Strength in Numbers (3:13) -- Prime Numbers and Species Survival (2:31) -- Numbers and Sound Perception (3:52) -- Psychological Effects of Sound (2:36) -- Chartres Cathedral: God's Plan on Earth (2:12) -- Ancient Stone Circles (3:28) -- Universality of Pi (2:03) -- Pi in Calculations (3:53) -- What Is Pi? (1:34) -- Negative Numbers (3:01) -- Imaginary Numbers (2:51) -- Nautilus: Living Fossils (3:51) -- How a Shell Grows (1:58) -- Numbers and the Universe (4:47) -- Gravity and Illusion (2:56) -- Mathematics of Gravity (1:05) -- Abstract World of Numbers (3:07) -- Credits: The Math Code: Numbers (0:29)
Summary:
Medieval philosophers believed that certain numbers had magical properties and, in a sense, they were right. This program explores irrational, negative, prime, and imaginary numbers and the surprising ways they manifest throughout the physical world. Professor Marcus de Sautoy explains key concepts about pi and other numbers by using examples such as the harmonious design of Chartres Cathedral; the ratios that govern both music and the distress cries of animals; the evolutionary advantage gained by cicadas that hatch only during prime-number years; and the practical application of imaginary numbers by air traffic controllers tracking planes.
Series:
The Math Code.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)846696860
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.