Title:
The joy of mathematics
ISBN:
9781598033106
Publication Information:
Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, c2007.
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 183 p. ; 19 cm.)
General Note:
DVD.
Course guidebook includes professor biography, statement of course scope, lecture outlines and notes, glossary, and bibliography.
Contents:
Disc 1. Part 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.
Disc 2. Part 1. The joy of higher algebra -- The joy of algebra made visual -- The joy of 9 -- The joy of proofs -- The joy of geometry -- The joy of pi.
Disc 3. Part 2. 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. Part 2. 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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Summary:
Ready to exercise those brain cells? Professor Arthur T. Benjamin is renowned for his feats of mental calculation performed before audiences at schools, theaters, museums, conferences, and in this series, he shows that there are simple tricks that allow anyone to look like a math magician. 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, calculus, probability, and so much else is based on nothing more than fooling around with numbers.
