A Casinha da Matemática

A Álgebra é generosa; ela frequentemente dá mais do que aquilo que lhe é pedido. (D'Alembert)

Monthly Archive: Novembro 2020

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Ciência e Tecnologia / Vídeo

EQUINOX: SIMPLY COMPLEX

The invisible world of particle physics and complex adaptive systems comes alive through the life and work of Murray Gell-Mann, one of the most important physicists of the 20th-21st centuries

A celebration of Murray Gell-Man, the Nobel prize-winning physicist who has devoted his research to the study of what is simple (as defined by the laws of physics) and what is complex (represented by the diversity of nature).

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Ciência e Tecnologia / Vídeo

Absolute Zero

Documentary charting the progress of scientists throughout history who attempted to harness the ultimate limit of cold, known as absolute zero

This two-part scientific detective tale tells the story of a remarkable group of pioneers who wanted to reach the ultimate extreme: absolute zero, a place so cold that the physical world as we know it doesn’t exist, electricity flows without resistance, fluids defy gravity and the speed of light can be reduced to 38 miles per hour.

Each film features a strange cast of eccentric characters, including: Clarence Birdseye; Frederic ‘Ice King’ Tudor, who founded an empire … Ler mais

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Matemática / Ciência e Tecnologia / Vídeo

Évariste Galois (Alexandre Astruc, 1965)

Les dernières heures du génial mathématicien mort en duel à l’âge de 21 ans

C’est un court-métrage de 25 minutes.

Rarement les maths ont été intégrées à un film avec un tel respect de la discipline. Une poignée de dialogues ne seront intelligibles qu’aux anciens élèves de maths-spé ayant bonne mémoire. Mais cela n’empêchera pas le vulgum pecus de comprendre dans quelle mesure les théories de Galois ont été méprisées par l’académie de son temps. Astruc oppose le génie fulgurant de Galois à l’esprit étriqué des polytechniciens. Cette opposition est présentée sans manichéisme outrancier, … Ler mais