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Four-line Conics
196110 min 40 secFilm: Experimental
Direction: Trevor Fletcher
Production: Sidney GoldsmithFrank Spiller
An experimental mathematics film designed to elucidate in a new and stimulating way the study of four-line conics. This is a film of great value in advanced mathematics but it is also of esthetic appeal to the layman. It may be shown at sound speed, or at a slower, silent speed (sound off) so that teachers may add their own commentary.
Availability
Other versions
Subject categories
- Sciences > Mathematics
Credits
- director
- Trevor Fletcher
- producer
- Sidney Goldsmith
- executive producer
- Frank Spiller
- animation camera
- Roy Nolan
Awards
- Special Award in recognition of its imaginative and experimental illustration of a specialized mathematical conceptGenie Awards
- Honourable Mention - Category: FIlm as ArtGolden Gate Awards Competition & International Film Festival
- Second Prize - Category: MathematicsInternational Survey of Scientific and Didactic Films
- Best Specialized FilmBAFTA / British Academy Film Awards
- Chris Award Certificate - Category: Classrom - College Leel International Film and Video Festival
- Diploma - Categoy: Exact SciencesFestival of Technical and Scientific Films
- Diploma of Honour - Category: MathematicsInternational Scientific Film Festival