A Álgebra é generosa; ela frequentemente dá mais do que aquilo que lhe é pedido. (D'Alembert)
Em Jhang, uma pequena cidade no Punjab (Paquistão), uma noite um homem sonhou que o seu filho estava a subir uma árvore, tão alto que logo ele pareceu desaparecer no céu azul. O nome da criança era Abdus Salam, que significa “Servo da Paz”, que iria ganhar em …
…O QUE É UM RELÓGIO DE SOL?
Relógio de Sol é um instrumento que determina as divisões do dia através do movimento da sombra de um objecto, o gnómon, sobre o qual incidem os raios solares e que se projeta sobre uma base graduada, o mostrador ou quadrante.
The VideoMath festival is being held on the occasion of ICM’98, the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin. It is the first festival dedicated to videos concerning mathematics. The videos were selected by an international jury in a worldwide competition. They target a general audience interested in popular science, …
Perhaps one of the smartest and most compelling shorts around, ALTERNATIVE MATH, a nine minute American piece directed by David Maddox, is a deeply layered and remarkably sophisticated pieces of intelligent comedy.
Our heroine is a veteran grade school teacher trying to explain to her student that 2+2=4. The …
Project MATHEMATICS! consiste num conjunto de vídeos educativos e livros de acompanhamento para professores que exploram tópicos básicos da matemática do ensino secundário de maneiras que não podem ser feitas no quadro-negro ou num livro-texto. Os vídeos usam ação ao vivo, música, efeitos especiais e animações imaginativas. Estes vídeos foram …
Peu connu du grand public, le mathématicien américano-hongrois John von Neumann (1903-1957) a pourtant élaboré des théories qui ont définitivement changé le cours de l’humanité. Après avoir croisé Robert Oppenheimer et Werner Heisenberg au cours de ses années d’études à l’université allemande de Göttingen, il s’installe aux États-Unis au début …
In 1735, the bright mathematician Leonard Euler presented his solution of the famous problem of Seven Bridges of Königsberg. His notable solution has sparked a whole new branch of mathematics – the graph theory, which is now widely used in many fields of science.
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La Motte-Chalancon, Drôme provençale, hiver 2016.
Une silhouette enveloppée d’une cape noire arpente les rues étroites et biscornues du village médiéval. Comme sorti tout droit d’un film gothique, Patrice Jeener nous accompagne dans sa maison en marmonnant des formules mathématiques et il nous présente son travail : des centaines …
La théorie de la Relativité Générale d’Albert Einstein a révolutionné notre conception de la gravitation, de l’espace et du temps. D’abord encensée, puis oubliée, et redécouverte, l’histoire de cette théorie centenaire a marqué l’histoire scientifique du XXème siècle. Dès sa naissance, surgit un problème mathématique qui aurait pu tuer …
L’Institut Henri Poincaré produit un documentaire exclusif de 32 minutes sur le mathématicien d’exception Joseph-Louis Lagrange, en coproduction avec le CNRS Images et en partenariat avec l’Institut Lagrange de Paris.
Des historiens retracent le parcours européen de Lagrange et montrent comment il est passé d’académicien protégé des …
November 2016 marked the 300th anniversary of the death of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. He was a philosopher, mathematician, historian, diplomat, lawyer and much more besides. Leibniz ranks as the last universal genius. His discoveries and revolutionization of the number system first made computers, the Internet and social networks at …
Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan (Dev Patel) nasceu na índia, em 1887. Já na infância, a sua inteligência excepcional deixa todos à sua volta impressionados. Por causa disso, ganha uma bolsa para o Liceu de Kumbakonam, onde desperta a admiração dos professores. Na adolescência começou, por auto-recriação, a estudar séries aritméticas e …
Quando um regime não estimula e, pelo contrário, desencoraja o direito de um povo à educação e à cultura, todos aqueles que promoverem a educação desse mesmo povo são reprimidos. Foi assim com Bento de Jesus Caraça, expulso da Universidade por Salazar.
Em 1941 cria a famosa “…
David Spiegelhalter
Smart and witty, jam-packed with augmented-reality graphics and fascinating history, this film, presented by professor David Spiegelhalter, tries to pin down what chance is and how it works in the real world. For once this really is ‘risky’ television.
The film follows in the footsteps of …
Hans Rosling
Documentary which takes viewers on a rollercoaster ride through the wonderful world of statistics to explore the remarkable power thay have to change our understanding of the world, presented by superstarboffin Professor Hans Rosling, whose eye-opening, mind-expanding and funny online lectures have made him an international …
Marcus du Sautoy
Without us noticing, modern life has been taken over. Algorithms run everything from search engines on the internet to satnavs and credit card data security – they even help us travel the world, find love andsave lives.
Mathematician Professor Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of …
How do you turn a rubber band into a knot? What happens when you slice a Menger Sponge on a diagonal plane? What is the math behind juggling? In this video series, George Hart illuminates mathematical concepts and surprising hidden geometries that may be found in the world around us.…
From satellite-enabled GPS, to hi-tech medical procedures – much of today’s modern science has been developed and understood through the work of scientists and thinkers across the ages and from around the world.
While the names of Newton, Galileo and Copernicus are …
As part of the Channel 4’s Hidden Civilisation season exploring Islam’s rich and significant contribution to western art and culture, historian Bettany Hughes traces the story of the mysterious and misunderstood Moors, the Islamic society that ruled in Spain for 700 years, but whose legacy was virtually erased from …
