The Resource Mind-bending math : riddles and paradoxes, David T. Kung
Mind-bending math : riddles and paradoxes, David T. Kung
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- Summary
- "Discover how to use logic and math to solve some of the greatesst paradoxes in history."--Container
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 4 videodiscs (720 min.)
- Note
- 24 lectures (each 30 minutes)
- Contents
-
- disc 1. Everything in this lecture is false
- Elementary math isn't elementary
- Probability paradoxes
- Strangeness in statistics
- Zeno's paradoxes of motion
- Infinity is not a number ; disc 2. More than one infinity
- Cantor's infinity of infinities
- Impossible sets
- Godel proves the unprovable
- Voting paradoxes
- Why no distribution is fully fair ; disc 3. Games with strange loops
- Losing to win, strategizing to survive
- Enigmas of everyday objects
- Surprises of the small and speedy
- Bending space and time
- Filling the gap between dimensions ; disc 4. Crazy kinds of connectedness
- Twisted topological universes
- More with less, something for nothing
- When measurement is impossible
- Banach-Tarski's 1 = 1 + 1
- The paradox of paradoxes
- Isbn
- 9781629971902
- Label
- Mind-bending math : riddles and paradoxes
- Title
- Mind-bending math
- Title remainder
- riddles and paradoxes
- Statement of responsibility
- David T. Kung
- Title variation
- Math, riddles & paradoxes
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Discover how to use logic and math to solve some of the greatesst paradoxes in history."--Container
- Cataloging source
- JQR
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kung, David T
- Dewey number
- 510
- Language note
- In English
- LC call number
- QA271.K864
- LC item number
- 2015
- PerformerNote
- Lecturer: David Kung
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Teaching Company
- Recorded Books, LLC
- Runtime
- 720
- Series statement
- Great courses. Science & mathematics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mathematics
- Mathematics
- Paradoxes
- Mathematics
- Infinite
- Riddles
- Paradoxes
- Infinite
- Mathematics
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Mind-bending math : riddles and paradoxes, David T. Kung
- Note
- 24 lectures (each 30 minutes)
- Accompanying material
- 1 course guidebook.
- Carrier category
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- videodisc
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- vd
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- rdacarrier
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
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- two-dimensional moving image
- text
- Content type code
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- tdi
- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- disc 1. Everything in this lecture is false -- Elementary math isn't elementary -- Probability paradoxes -- Strangeness in statistics -- Zeno's paradoxes of motion -- Infinity is not a number ; disc 2. More than one infinity -- Cantor's infinity of infinities -- Impossible sets -- Godel proves the unprovable -- Voting paradoxes -- Why no distribution is fully fair ; disc 3. Games with strange loops -- Losing to win, strategizing to survive -- Enigmas of everyday objects -- Surprises of the small and speedy -- Bending space and time -- Filling the gap between dimensions ; disc 4. Crazy kinds of connectedness -- Twisted topological universes -- More with less, something for nothing -- When measurement is impossible -- Banach-Tarski's 1 = 1 + 1 -- The paradox of paradoxes
- Control code
- ocn919635610
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. +
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 4 videodiscs (720 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781629971902
- Media category
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- video
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
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- rdamedia
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- v
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- Medium for sound
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- Other control number
- 9781629971902
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Publisher number
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- 1466
- 8832
- PD1466A
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System details
- DVD, all regions
- Terms governing use
- Licensed for home use of face-to-face teaching only.
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- Mind-bending math : riddles and paradoxes, David T. Kung
- Note
- 24 lectures (each 30 minutes)
- Accompanying material
- 1 course guidebook.
- Carrier category
-
- videodisc
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
-
- rdacarrier
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
-
- two-dimensional moving image
- text
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- txt
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- disc 1. Everything in this lecture is false -- Elementary math isn't elementary -- Probability paradoxes -- Strangeness in statistics -- Zeno's paradoxes of motion -- Infinity is not a number ; disc 2. More than one infinity -- Cantor's infinity of infinities -- Impossible sets -- Godel proves the unprovable -- Voting paradoxes -- Why no distribution is fully fair ; disc 3. Games with strange loops -- Losing to win, strategizing to survive -- Enigmas of everyday objects -- Surprises of the small and speedy -- Bending space and time -- Filling the gap between dimensions ; disc 4. Crazy kinds of connectedness -- Twisted topological universes -- More with less, something for nothing -- When measurement is impossible -- Banach-Tarski's 1 = 1 + 1 -- The paradox of paradoxes
- Control code
- ocn919635610
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. +
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 4 videodiscs (720 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781629971902
- Media category
-
- video
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
-
- rdamedia
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- n
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 9781629971902
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Publisher number
-
- 1466
- 8832
- PD1466A
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System details
- DVD, all regions
- Terms governing use
- Licensed for home use of face-to-face teaching only.
- Video recording format
- DVD
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