That must be the video! What luck, how do you propose I could get
a copy of it? I hope you don't mind helping me out on this. I know
that my students would also benefit from this exposition of mathematical
ideas. I would like my students to perceive mathematics as somehow not a
dead and buried topic, but one full of mystery and potential for growth
and discovery! If I recall correctly, that was exactly the spirit and intent
of this show, right?
On Thu, 17 Oct 1996, Holly Kresch wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Alvar J. Garcia wrote:
>
> > 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
> > >
> >
> > A Jorge Garcia ........ aj317@freenet.buffalo.edu ........ Applied
Mathematics
> > Baldwin SHS:
K12BAGJA@vaxc.hofstra.edu
> > Nassau CC & SUNY Farmingdale: GARCIAAJ@snyfarva.bitnet
> > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/sffbookclub
> > 71232.2751@compuserve.com
> >
> 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
>
A. Jorge Garcia
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