Mathematics and Statistics Video Series

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• Mathematics and Statistics Video Titles, 1999-2009

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Mathematics and Statistics Video Titles, 1999-2009

Note: Before Fall 1999 at most one video was shown each semester.

FALL 1999

• Courant in Gottingen and New York (MAA documentary) [1966] (43 min.)

• Mathematically Motivated Designs [1991] (60 min.)

• Donald in Mathmagic Land [1959] (27 min.)
  

WINTER 2000

• Fermat's Last Theorem: The Theorem and its Proof: An Exploration... [1993] (first 60 min.)

• If Copernicus Had a Computer [1995] (51 min.)

• Some Mathematics of Baseball [1991] (60 min.)

FALL 2000

• (a) Algebra of the Unknown (History of Mathematics) [1977] (24 min.)
  (b) The Great Art: Solving Equations (History of Mathematics) [1977] (23 min.)

• Compound Soap Bubbles, Shortest Networks, and Minimal Surfaces [1991] (49 min.)

• Transition to Chaos: The Orbit Diagram and the Mandelbrot Set [1990] (first 60 min.)

WINTER 2001

• A Mathematical Mystery Tour (NOVA) [1985] (60 min.)
  [We no longer own a copy of this tape!]

• (a) The Shape of Space [1995] (11 min.)
  (b) Project Mathematics! The Tunnel of Samos [1995] (29 min.)

• (a) Shaking the Foundations (History of Mathematics) [1977] (24 min.)
  (b) A Time for a Change (History of Mathematics) [1977] (24 min.)

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FALL 2001

• (a) Real Estate Opportunities in Hyperbolic Space [1992] (30 min.)
  (b) Infinite Acres (cartoon) [1967] (9.5 min.)

• (a) Root Two: Geometry or Arithmetic? (History of Mathematics) [1977] (24 min.)
  (b) New Worlds From Old (History of Mathematics) [1977] (24 min.)

• (a) Statistics At A Glance [1972] (27 min.)
  (b) VideoMath (selections) [1998] (first 23 min.)

WINTER 2002

• (a) Project Mathematics! Early History of Mathematics [2000] (28 min.)
  (b) The Delian Problem (History of Mathematics) [1975] (25 min.)

• (a) Arabesques and Geometry [1999] (20 min.)
  (b) Careers in Mathematics [1998] (26 min.)

• Challenge in the Classroom: The Moore Method (MAA documentary) [1966] (60 min.)

FALL 2002

• (a) Hypothesis Testing [1975] (25 min.)
  (b) Sampling and Estimation [1975] (18 min.)

• A Brilliant Madness (John Nash documentary) [2002] (60 min.)

• (a) Project Mathematics! Sines and Cosines Part III: Addition Formulas [1994] (29 min.)
  (b) I maximize (cartoon) [1968] (8 min.)
  (c) R_x for Calculus [Comap] [1992] (10 min.)

WINTER 2003

• (a) Qubba for Al Kashi [1995] (16 min.)
  (b) A Time for a Change (History of Mathematics) [1977] (24 min.)
  (c) Tracking a Killer: Epidemics [Comap] [1992] (10 min.)

• (a) Shaking the Foundations (History of Mathematics) [1977] (24 min.)
  (b) Outside-In [1994-95] (22 min.)

• John Von Neumann (MAA documentary) [1966] (60 min.)

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FALL 2003

• (a) Statistics At A Glance [1972] (27 min.)
  (b) Limit [1968] (10 min.)
  (c) Built by Calculus: Dam Construction [Comap] [1992] (10 min.)

• (a) Project Mathematics! Similarity [1990] (26 min.)
  (b) Project Mathematics! The Story of Pi [1989] (24 min.)

• The Proof (NOVA) [1997] (60 min.)

WINTER 2004

• (a) Project Mathematics! Sines and Cosines Part II: Trigonometry [1993] (28 min.)
  (b) Infinite Acres (cartoon) [1967] (9.5 min.)
  (c) Sampling and Estimation [1975] (18 min.)

• Introduction to Geometric Probability (Lecturer: Gian-Carlo Rota) [1998] (57 min.)
  

• (a) The Archimedes Palimpsest [1999] (20 min.)
  (b) The Polished Stones [1989] (34 min.)

FALL 2004

• The Math Life [2002] (51 min.)
  

• (a) Porridge Pulleys and Pi [2004] (26 min.)
  (b) Outside-In [1994-95] (22 min.)

• (a) New Worlds from Old (History of Mathematics) [1977] (24 min.)
  (b) Arabesques and Geometry [1999] (20 min.)

WINTER 2005

• (a) I Maximize (cartoon) [1968] (8 min.)
  (b) Project Mathematics! The Tunnel of Samos [1995] (29 min)

• N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdös [1913-1996] [1993] (60 min.)
  

• (a) Hypothesis Testing [1975] (25 min.)
  (b) Careers in Mathematics [1998] (26 min.)

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FALL 2005

• Short Mathematics Videos from Two Video Festivals:
  (a) International Congress of Mathematicians, Berlin [1998]
  (b) 3rd European Congress of Mathematics, Barcelona [2000]

• Fractals: The New Geometry (Kenneth Falconer, London Mathematical Society) [2000] (60 min.)
  

WINTER 2006

• Transition to Chaos: The Orbit Diagram and the Mandelbrot Set [1990] (first 60 min.)

• The Best Mind Since Einstein (A Profile of Richard Feynman)(NOVA) [1993] (60 min.)

FALL 2006

• (a) Shaking the Foundations (History of Mathematics) [1977] (24 min.)
  (b) Sampling and Estimation [1975] (18 min.)

• The Math Life [2002] (51 min.)

• (a) The Polished Stones [1989] (34 min.)
  (b) Tracking a Killer: Epidemics {COMAP] [1992] (10 min.)
  

WINTER 2007

• A Brilliant Madness (PBS) (John Nash documentary) [2002] (60 min.)

FALL 2009

• Hard Problems: The Road to the World's Toughest Math Contest [2008] (45 min.)
  

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