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Description
This programme looks at fractals.
This programme looks at fractals.
| Module code and title: | MS221, Exploring mathematics |
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| Item code: | MS221; 02 |
| First transmission date: | 1997 |
| Published: | 1997 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:06 |
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| Producer: | Andrew Law |
| Contributors: | Michael Barnsley; June Barrow-Green; Francesca Hunt; Phil Rippon; Ian Stewart |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Fractals; Future of pictures on TV; Planets |
| Subject terms: | Chaotic behaviour in systems; Fractals |
| Footage description: | Footage - View of buildings panning down to man in a car waiting at traffic lights. Traffic lights turning green, traffic moving. Man driving car (0'29"-0'48") - Pattern of light. Dr Judith Barrow-Green climbing steps. External view of Mittag Leffler Institute, Stockholm. Saturn's rings. B/w still of Henri Poincare. Ian Stewart speaking. Saturn. Ian Stewart. Graphic model. B/w still of Henri Poincare (0'49"-3'42") - Judith Barrow-Green in the library at the Mittag Leffler Institute. Silhouette of Judith Barrow-Green passing an arched window. Judith Barrow-Green placing book on table, opening book, closing book and leaving library. View through bannisters of Judith Barrow-Green entering library holding a book. Places book on table. Looks in a cupboard and extracts envelopes. Compares published book with Poincare notes in envelopes. Ian Stewart. Judith Barrow-Green sitting down in library with two books on her lap. Graphic model. Ian Stewart (3'43"-7'05"). - View through clockworks panning up to Ian Stewart. Model showing chaotic universe. Clockworks. Ian Stewart writing on blackboard. Ian Stewart walking over to computer and using computer (7'06"-9'22") - Iteration shapes. Phil Rippon by a computer showing seahorse patterns. Room with computers panning round to Caroline Series. Computer screen showing iteration patterns. Ian Stewart. Caroline Series. Iteration patterns. Caroline Series looking at fern. Graphic model. Ian Stewart. Loren Carpenter's "Vol Libre" (first fractal animation) (9'23"-14'35") - Phil Rippon. Caroline Series with view of computer screen. Clockworks. Ian Stewart. Michael Barnsley driving in his car. View of road through front screen. External view of Michael Barnsley in his car. Ian Stewart. Intel advert. Michael Barnsley holding a telephone directory. B/w still of Henri Poincare on computer screen. Michael Barnsley. B/w still of Henri Poincare. Computer screen showing Encarta (14'36"-21'15") - Looking at traffic movement through leaves. Views of buildings. Looking up at a tree. Michael Barnsley by orange rock. Phil Rippon. Caroline Series. Ian Stewart. Titles with inset showing shapes (21'16"-24'15"). |
| Master spool number: | DOU8472 |
| Production number: | FOUM518A |
| Videofinder number: | 5150 |
| Available to public: | no |
