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TITLE |
The code [videorecording] / Director, Stephen Cooter, Michael Lachmann, and Dan Child. |
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IMPRINT |
Silver Spring, MD : Athena, 2012. |
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DESCRIPTION |
2 videodiscs (188 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 viewer's guide ([9] p.). |
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CONTENT NOTE |
Disc 1. Episodes 1-2 (117 min.) -- disc 2. Episode 3 (57 min.) ; Bonus (14 min.). |
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PERFORMER |
Presenter, Marcus du Sautory. |
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SUMMARY |
"Episode 1: Numbers: What do the precise proportions of Chartres Cathedral have in common with the life cycle of the lowly cicada, with how we hear sound, and with the intricately designed shell of a small marine animal calleda nautilus? In their work on the great gothic cathedrals, medieval masons had glimpsed a. |
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SUMMARY |
"Why does the world work the way it does? Do we live in a universe of random events, or are there patterns to what happens? Hosted by charming, engaging Oxford professor Marcus du Sautoy (The Story of Math), this entertaining series explores the power of numbers, drawing connections between Chartres Cathedral and cicadas, soap bubbles and Jackson Pollock, commuters and migrating birds"--Publisher website. |
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FORMAT |
DVD; widescreen. |
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LANGUAGE |
In English ; with optional English subtitles. |
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SUBJECT |
Mathematics -- Miscellanea. |
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DISCIPLINE |
Mathematics. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Child, Dan. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Cooter, Stephen. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Du Sautoy, Marcus. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Lachmann, Michael, 1946-. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Athena (Firm). |
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ISBN |
0054961896998. |
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