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Zero to infinity. Part 2 of 2 : a history of numbers.

Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., ©2007.

2 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 139 pages ; 20 cm)

Provides a picture of an ever-evolving notion of number, one that is difficult, if not impossible, to define precisely. Two main focuses of the course are: the historical evolution of numbers for communication and manipulation and, the intrinsic structure of numbers. Many previously held intuitions about numbers will be challenged.

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Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.

Numeration -- History.

Burger, Edward B., 1963-

Teaching Company.

Course guide Includes bibliographical references.

Lecturer: Edward B. Burger, Williams College.

DVD.

Lecture 13. The story of [pi] -- Lecture 14. The story of Euler's e -- Lecture 15. Transcendental numbers -- Lecture 16. An algebraic approach to numbers -- Lecture 17. The five most important numbers -- Lecture 18. An analytic approach to numbers -- Lecture 19. A new breed of numbers -- Lecture 20. The notion of transfinite numbers -- Lecture 21. Collections too infinite to count -- Lecture 22. In and out, the road to a third infinity -- Lecture 23. Infinity, what we know and what we don't -- Lecture 24. The endless frontier of number.

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