Edition |
2nd ed. |
Description |
4 DVD's (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (21 cm). |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
Series |
Great courses
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Great courses (DVD)
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Performer |
Lecturer: Michael Starbird. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1. |
Note |
Course consists of 24 lectures in 2 parts. Each part consists of 2 videodiscs and each videodisc consists of six lectures. Each course guidebook covers the 12 lectures contained in 2 videodiscs in one part. |
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"Science & Mathematics"--Container cover. |
Summary |
Professor Michael Starbird of the University of Texas at Austin, covers the concepts of Calculus. |
Contents |
part I. disc 1. Two ideas, vast implications -- Stop sign crime : the first idea of calculus: the derivative -- Another car, another crime : the second idea of calculus: the integral -- The fundamental theorem of calculus -- Visualizing the derivative: slopes -- Derivatives the easy way: symbol pushing -- part I. disc. 2. Abstracting the derivative: circles and belts -- Circles, Pyramids, cones, and spheres -- Archimedes and the Tractrix -- The integral and the fundamental theorem -- Abstracting the integral: pyramids and dams -- Buffon's needle or [pi] from breadsticks. |
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part II. disc 3. Achilles, tortoises, limits, and continuity -- Calculators and approximations -- The best of all possible worlds: optimization -- Economics and architecture -- Galileo, Newton, and baseball -- Getting off the line: motion in space. part II. disc 4. Mountain slopes and tangent planes -- Several variables: volumes galore -- The fundamental theorem extended -- Fields of arrows: differential equations -- Owls, rats, waves, and guitars -- Calculus everywhere. |
Subject |
Calculus.
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Calculus. |
Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Added Author |
Starbird, Michael.
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Teaching Company.
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Added Title |
Calculus made clear |
ISBN |
1598032313 |
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9781598032314 |
Music No. |
PD177-01 Teaching Co. |
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PD177-02 Teaching Co. |
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