Archive for the ‘Math movies’ Category

We don't deal with failure properly in most educational settings. This talk gives some options for improving that.

Imaginary numbers are the result of some mathematical creativity, but have many applications in science and engineering.

This video shows how to use powers of 10 to make estimates of large numbers.

This is an interesting story about how Africans used fractal ideas for their designs.

How do we get the message out about saving corals from destruction? Here's one way involving community crochet.

Here's a great story involving an intriguing proof that spans over 350 years.

Here's an important use of mathematics in the real world - navigation at sea. We learn about dead reckoning, sextants, clocks and new mathematics.

This is a really interesting mind experiment. You may even find yourself re-thinking your concept of infinity.

This is a classic late-1950s cartoon where Donald learns where math comes from.

See this PBS documentary about the development of fractals and how they are used in computer graphics.