Change and motion

Change and motion: calculus made clear

by Starbird, Michael

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"One of the greatest achievements of the human mind is calculus. It justly deserves a place in the pantheon of our accomplishments with Shakespeare's plays, Beethoven's symphonies, and Einstein's theory of relativity. " -- Publisher.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Change and motion : calculus made clear / [lectures given by] Michael Starbird.

Summary

"One of the greatest achievements of the human mind is calculus. It justly deserves a place in the pantheon of our accomplishments with Shakespeare's plays, Beethoven's symphonies, and Einstein's theory of relativity. " -- Publisher.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2006
  • Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):The Teaching Company
  • Place of Publication:Chantilly, VA
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2006

Notes

Course no. 177.

The Physical Object

  • Description:4 videodiscs in 1 volume (720 minutes) : : digital ; : 4 3/4 in. +

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1598032313, 9781598032314
  • oclc:on1300649314
  • Dewey Decimal:515

Table of Contents

Disc 1. 1. Two ideas, vast implications ; 2. Stop sign crime : the derivative ; 3. Another car, another crime : the integral ; 4. The fundamental theorem of calculus ; 5. Visualizing the derivative : slopes ; 6. Derivatives the easy way : symbol pushing -- disc 2. 7. Abstracting the derivative : circles and belts ; 8. Circles, pyramids, cones and spheres ; 9. Archimedes and the tractrix ; 10. The integral and fundamental theorem ; 11. Abstracting the integral : pyramids and dams ; 12. Buffon's needle or pi from breadsticks.

Disc 3. 13. Achilles, tortoises, limits and continuity ; 14. Calculators and approximations ; 15. Best of all possible worlds : optimization ; 16. Economics and architecture ; 17. Galileo, Newton and baseball ; 18. Getting off the line : motion in space -- disc 4. 19. Mountain slopes and tangent planes ; 20. Several variables : volumes galore ; 21. The fundamental theorem extended ; 22. Fields of arrows : differential equations ; 23. Owls, rats, waves and guitars ; 24. Calculus everywhere.

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Subjects

Calcul infinitésimal Calculus Filmed lectures

Writers

Starbird, Michael

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