Exploring mathematics: a powerful tool - for iPad/Mac/PC

by The Open University

How can mathematics help us to understand the world around us? The tracks on this album take us to Antarctica, Hong Kong and New Zealand to find out how mathematicians work with scientists and biologists to create mathematical models, and how collaborations like these can help decipher and predict a range of natural phenomena. We learn how the 17th Century saw the birth of one of the most important mathematical tools - calculus, and modern mathematicians examine the contribution of its three inventors - Fermat, Newton and Leibniz. This material forms part of The Open University course MS221 Exploring mathematics.

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  • Mathematics: a powerful tool
    Jul 15, 2009 – 00:00:56
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  • Mathematical modelling for real
    Jul 15, 2009 – 00:01:59
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  • An ancient tradition
    Jul 15, 2009 – 00:05:16
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  • How maths helps dolphins
    Jul 15, 2009 – 00:05:02
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  • Predicting climate change
    Jul 15, 2009 – 00:04:37
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  • A vibrating lake
    Jul 15, 2009 – 00:05:20
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  • Why is maths useful?
    Jul 15, 2009 – 00:01:06
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  • Who invented Calculus?
    Jul 15, 2009 – 00:02:55
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  • Fermat’s ideas
    Jul 15, 2009 – 00:04:02
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  • Fermat and John Wallis
    Jul 15, 2009 – 00:01:20
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  • Isaac Newton’s input
    Jul 15, 2009 – 00:05:16
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  • New insights emerge
    Jul 15, 2009 – 00:07:44
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  • The Newton-Leibniz dispute
    Jul 15, 2009 – 00:03:16
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