The joy of mathematics

The joy of mathematics

DVD - 2007

"This course celebrates the sheer joy of mathematics, taught by a mathematician who is literally a magician with numbers. Professor Arthur T. Benjamin of Harvey Mudd College is renowned for his feats of mental calculation performed before audiences at schools, theaters, museums, conferences, and other venues. Although racing a calculator to solve a difficult problem may seem like a superhuman achievement, Professor Benjamin shows that there are simple tricks that allow anyone to look like a math magician. Professor Benjamin has another goal in this course: throughout these lectures, he shows how everything in mathematics is connected--how the beautiful and often imposing edifice that has given us algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calcul...us, probability, and so much else is based on nothing more than fooling around with numbers"--Publisher's web site.

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Subjects
Mathematics.
Published
[Chantilly, Va.] : Teaching Company [2007]
Language
English
Corporate Author
Teaching Company
Corporate Author
Teaching Company (-)
Other Authors
Arthur Benjamin (-)
Item Description
"The Great courses, Topic: Science & mathematics ; Subtopic: Mathematics"--Cover.
"Course number 1411"--Disc labels.
24 lectures lasting 30 minutes each.
Accompanying CD-ROM contains course workbook in PDF format.
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 computer disc (4 3/4 in.)
Format
DVD; PDF requires Adobe Reader or PDF reader.
ISBN
9781490666686
  • Disc 1. The joy of math-the big picture
  • The joy of numbers
  • The joy of primes
  • The joy of counting
  • The joy of Fibonacci numbers
  • The joy of algebra
  • The joy of higher algebra
  • Disc 2. The joy of algebra made visual
  • The joy of 9
  • The joy of proofs
  • The joy of geometry
  • The joy of pi
  • Disc 3. The joy of trigonometry
  • The joy of the imaginary number i
  • The joy of the number e
  • The joy of infinity
  • The joy of infinite series
  • The joy of differential calculus
  • Disc 4. The joy of approximating with calculus
  • The joy of integral calculus
  • The joy of Pascal's triangle
  • The joy of probability
  • The joy of mathematical games
  • The joy of mathematical magic.

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