3 posts tagged “math”
Via slashdot today:
Science News - Seeing in four dimensions
Dimensions-math.org - a tool for visualizing four dimensions. '
Oh look! A hypercube!
A walk through mathematics
A film for a wide audience
Nine chapters, two hours of maths, that take you gradually up to the fourth dimension. Mathematical vertigo guaranteed! Background information on every chapter: see "Details".
Free download and you can watch the films online
The film can also be ordered as a DVD.
This film is being distributed under a Creative Commons license.
More details on the download page
Edward Tufte on Wikipedia
Edward Tufte Site
Edward Tufte weighs in on the iPhone
Edward Tufte has written seven books, including Visual Explanations, Envisioning Information, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, and Data Analysis for Politics and Policy. He writes, designs, and self-publishes his books on analytical design, which have received more than 40 awards for content and design. He is Professor Emeritus at Yale University, where he taught courses in statistical evidence, information design, and interface design. His current work includes landscape sculpture, printmaking, video and a new book.
The recent film trilogy Cube , Cube 2: Hypercube and Cube Zero were evidently remakes of an old television play called (trapped in a) Cube.
The original TV Cube is on YouTube, 53 low fidelity minutes, worth every one.
The first Cube film was quite gripping and high tech and makes good use of math as a plot element. Cube 2: Hypercube went a bit far in the thriller/horror sense, but you'll want to see it if you liked Cube. I haven't seen Cube Zero.
Other films featuring higher math and physics as part of the plot are Primer and Aronofsky's Pi.
