Archive for the ‘Math movies’ Category

Friday math movie: Intel Schools of Distinction winner

Intel Schools of Distinction
These schools have been recognized for their contributions to math education. There's some good ideas here worth emulating.

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Friday math movie: The math of sound, frequency and pitch

Math of music
Vi Hart gives us an enthusiastic overview of how music and math relate.

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Friday math movie: A robot that flies like a bird

A robot that flies likes a birdBuilding a robot that flies like a bird is no mean feat - but these guys have done it.

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Friday math movie: Miss USA 2011 - Should math be taught in schools?

Should math be taught in schools?This is hilarious - or very disturbing - depending on your point of view.

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Friday math movie: Trial, error and the God complex

Trial, error and the God complexHow can we cope with the 10 billion-odd bits of data that assault us every day? Tim Harford shows how we learn by trial and error.

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Friday math movie: Wireless data from every light bulb

Wireless data from a light bulbHere's a great idea - get your wireless data more efficiently and safely.

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Friday math movie: How algorithms shape our world

How algorithms shape our worldDone a Google search today? You've used an algorithm that is helping to change the world.

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Friday math movie: The Rice Show

The Rice Show - representing populations using riceUsing the scale of one grain of rice to one person, The Rice Show represents population statistics in a way you've never seen before.

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Math movie: The surprising math of cities and corporations

Math of CitiesThis video discusses some of the reasons - and solutions - for global warming. It's all about scaling.

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Friday math movie: Time to re-design medical data

visual medical dataHere are 2 videos that talk about how personalized patient data in visual form has immense implications for human health.

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