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Graham Flegg (OU) and Jeremy Gray (OU) review the whole course in this programme. They approach the history of mathematics in an evolutionary way, along the lines of Wilder's set book. Attention is... drawn to internal and external stresses; consolidation and diffusion at particular moments in the development of mathematics as a culture. Following this, John Fauvel, an assistant Staff Tutor concerned with the course, discusses the imminent examination, identifying possible traps that students may fall into and offering encouragement.
Graham Flegg (OU) and Jeremy Gray (OU) review the whole course in this programme. They approach the history of mathematics in an evolutionary way, along the lines of Wilder's set book. Attention is... drawn to internal and external stresses; consolidation and diffusion at particular moments in the development of mathematics as a culture. Following this, John Fauvel, an assistant Staff Tutor concerned with the course, discusses the imminent examination, identifying possible traps that students may fall into and offering encouragement.
| Module code and title: | AM289, History of mathematics |
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| Item code: | AM289; 11; 1978 |
| First transmission date: | 08-10-1978 |
| Published: | 1978 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:00 |
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| Producer: | Jean Nunn |
| Contributors: | John Fauvel; Graham Flegg; Jeremy Gray; B. L. van der Waerden; Carl Boyer; Clive Kilmister; A. J. McConnell; Morris Kline; Gabriel Wolfe |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Mathematics; Mathematics history |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/72925 |
| Production number: | 00525_4309 |
| Videofinder number: | 947 |
| Available to public: | no |
