Archive for the ‘Math movies’ Category

Self-taught mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Banneker excelled despite little formal education and prejudice.

Ancient rock art may give clues to the origin of written symbols, including early math notation.

This movie explores the connections between Rubik's cube and the group theory concepts behind music.

Here's a 3-minute summary of 10 mathematical equations that "changed the world".

In this video, Hans Rosling and his son discuss some of the misconceptions regarding income distribution, and population and health trends.

Did Beethoven use math to create music when he was going deaf?

This short video from Indy Mogul discusses some of the math involved in making videos.

Comedian Adam Spencer gives us the lowdown on finding monster prime numbers.

This is a very creative way to present a lesson - funny, too.

This reminds me of Spirograph images that brought art and geometry together, and always had an element of mystery to them.