Tag Archives: video

New “Chaos” videos from the makers of “Dimensions”

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Brent

I just got an email from Jos Leys, one of the creators of the Dimensions video series (which I wrote about previously), announcing that they have released another video series, this time about Chaos, at http://www.chaos-math.org/en. I haven’t had a … Continue reading →

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Nature by Numbers

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Brent

This has been making the rounds of the math blogosphere (blathosphere?), but in case you haven’t seen it yet, check out Cristóbal Vila’s awesome short video, Nature by Numbers. Especially appropriate given that I have been writing about Fibonacci numbers … Continue reading →

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Dimensions: go watch! now!

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Brent

I finally got around to watching the Dimensions videos, which I mentioned once before. They are super cool and will be sure to blow your mind! They start by explaining some simple tools (stereographic projection) and intuition (with references to … Continue reading →

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Vi Hart's math doodles

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Brent

Vi Hart’s math doodle videos have been making the rounds of the math blogosphere (I heard of them from Denise at Let’s Play Math!). There are four videos so far and they are well worth watching — inspirational, creative, full … Continue reading →

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Fractals without a computer

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Brent

What happens when you hook up three projectors to a single video camera, and then point the camera at the projected images? RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME THINGS, that’s what!

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