> Now that you mention it, I too have been desperately seeking - without
> much success, I might add - for a NOVA episode. I think it aired
> sometime in the late 1970s entitled something like:
> The Great Unsolved Mysteries of Methematics.
> As I recall it was a great intro to the topic accessible to students both
> in HS and College. It included many such mysteries most articulately
> presented including Fermat's Last Theorem.
>
> Does anyone know how I could get a copy of this video????
>
> Regards,
>
>
> On Fri, 4 Oct 1996, Estes.Karen wrote:
>
> > I saw a television series on calculus a few years ago. I do not remember
the
> > name or the source, but I thought it might have been NOVA. Can any one help
> > me with a possible name or source? Karen
> >
>
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I have a show called "A Mathematical Mystery Tour" which aired in the late
70's or early 80's. I was teaching high school at the time. It was a
Nova and I liked it so much that I remember sending for the transcript
too. I have the transcript somewhere in the archives. I'm not sure if I
can dig it
up. I do, however have the VHS although it is old and not of the best
quality since I showed it to my classes for many years. They really
enjoyed it. Do you think that is what you are searching for? It covers
such topics as Fermat's Last Theorem, The Goldbach Conjecture, Riemann
Hypothesis and 4-D manifolds.
Holly Kresch
Diablo Valley College