
Description
The first of these five minute programmes looks at the golden ratio and the Fibonacci sequence, examining their prevalence in art, architecture and the natural world. The second programme introduce...s the Ethiopian system of multiplication. The third programme introduces the art of M.S. Escher. It explores the increasingly sophisticated mathematical elements in his art from early woodcuts, tessellations, visual illusions like the Myopia Strip, to later work that anticipates modern cosmology.
The first of these five minute programmes looks at the golden ratio and the Fibonacci sequence, examining their prevalence in art, architecture and the natural world. The second programme introduce...s the Ethiopian system of multiplication. The third programme introduces the art of M.S. Escher. It explores the increasingly sophisticated mathematical elements in his art from early woodcuts, tessellations, visual illusions like the Myopia Strip, to later work that anticipates modern cosmology.
Series: | Maths shorts | ||||||||||||||||||
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First transmission date: | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
Published: | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Duration: | 00:15:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Producer: | David Okuefuna | ||||||||||||||||||
Narrator: | Zina Saro-Wiwa | ||||||||||||||||||
Contributors: | C. R.(Camilla R.) Jordan; s Ian Stewart | ||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | BBC Open University | ||||||||||||||||||
Subject terms: | Fibonacci numbers; Golden section; Mathematics in art; Binary system (Mathematics); Mathematics--Popular works; Tessellations (Mathematics); Escher, M. C. (Maurits Cornelis), 1898-1972 | ||||||||||||||||||
Footage description: | Phi's the limit -- Go forth and multiply -- Imagining the impossible : the mathematical art of M.S. Escher | ||||||||||||||||||
Production number: | NINH30185 | ||||||||||||||||||
Videofinder number: | 7231 | ||||||||||||||||||
Available to public: | no |