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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The code / a co-production of The Open University and BBC Productions ; directed and produced by Stephen Cooter, Michael Lachmann, and Dan Child.

Publisher, Date:

[United States] : Athena ; Silver Spring, MD : Distributed by Acorn Media, [2012]

Description:

2 videodiscs (174 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Author and Oxford University professor Marcus du Sautoy sets out to solve mathematical mysteries in an engaging and accessible BBC documentary. Du Sautoy travels from Chartres Cathedral to Grand Central Station in search of the mysterious hidden code that can unlock the very laws of the universe.

Subjects:

Mathematics -- Philosophy.

Mathematics -- Rules.

Genre:

Educational television programs.

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Cooter, Stephen, producer, director.

Lachmann, Michael, 1946- producer, director.

Child, Dan, producer, director.

Du Sautoy, Marcus, host.

Open University.

British Broadcasting Corporation.

Athena (Firm)

Acorn Media (Firm)

Other Title:

Phi's the limit.

Go forth and multiply.

Imagining the impossible.

Notes:

Bonus features: Math shorts including Phi's the limit (4 minutes), Go forth and multiply (4 minutes), and Imagining the impossible: the mathematical art of M.C. Escher (4 minutes); 12 page viewers guide; plus discussion questions at athenalearning.com.

Director, Stephen Cooter, Michael Lachmann, and Dan Child.

Presented by Marcus Du Sautoy.

DVD, NTSC; widescreen (16:9); stereo.

In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Contents:

Disc 1. Episodes 1-2 (ca. 117 min.) -- disc 2. Episode 3 (ca. 57 min.) ; Bonus (12 min.).

ISBN:

9781598287813

1598287818

9781598289695

1598289691

Publisher Number:

AMP-8781

AMP-8969

Other Number:

795533133

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

328058

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 510 Code