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This programme shows how 18th and 19th century mathematicians were questioning the foundations of geometry and how their investigations lead to the development of Non-Euclidean geometry.
This programme shows how 18th and 19th century mathematicians were questioning the foundations of geometry and how their investigations lead to the development of Non-Euclidean geometry.
| Module code and title: | MA290, Topics in the history of mathematics |
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| Item code: | MA290; 06 |
| First transmission date: | 1987 |
| Published: | 1987 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:33 |
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| Producer: | Andrew Barker |
| Contributor: | Jeremy Gray |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Animation; Atlas; Mathematics; Models; Universe |
| Subject terms: | Geometry, Non-Euclidean |
| Footage description: | Footage - Jeremy Gray in studio appearing though smoke. Sketch of Gauss. Jeremy Gray in studio with picture of Gauss in background. Jeremy Gray moving to 5 display block (showing Euclid's postulates). Graphic animation. Jeremy Gray by 5 display blocks with picture of Gauss in background. Jeremy Gray moving to globe in studio. Jeremy Gray by display blocks(0'05"-7'35") - Picture of Johann Lambert. Jeremy Gray in studio by display blocks. Picture of Wolfgang Bolyai and Janos Bolyai. Jeremy Gray standing in between pictures of Wolfgang and Janos Bolyai. Picture of Gauss. Jeremy Gray in between pictures of Wolfgang and Janos Bolyai moving to picture of Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevskii. Jeremy Gray moving forward and standing inside large triangle. Graphic animation(7'36"-14'02") - Jeremy Gray by geometric model on a stand. Jeremy Gray moving to another geometric model on stand(14'03"-17'25") B/w still of Bernhard Riemann. Jeremy Gray in studio with geometric models. Jeremy Gray moving to globe with map on board behind. Jeremy Gray moving to model of disc. Graphic animation. Jeremy Gray beside disc. Jeremy Gray moving to geometric model(17'26"-24'30"). |
| Master spool number: | HOU5496 |
| Production number: | FOUM261S |
| Videofinder number: | 573 |
| Available to public: | no |
