Maths at the Movies- Flatland (IA Flatland 201801)
1:02:37 · Fæ · 2020-08-21
This week we take walk in the lower dimensions as we talk about <a href=" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814106/ ">Flatland: The Movie</a>. How much is your life worth? Could 2D animals exist? Did George Orwell rip this story off by adding a third dimension? All of these questions and more are interrupted Join us in our search for the third dimension and beyond. In our <a href=" http://amzn-to/2CaFDwd ">Flatland: The Movie</a> podcast If you're interested in watching <a href=" http://amzn-to/2CaFDwd ">Flatland: The Movie</a> you can follow the Amazon link below. <a href=" https://www.amazon-co-uk/gp/product/B001AKTZVY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B001AKTZVY&linkCode=as2&tag=mathsat-21&linkId=572ff9472f21cc24db1cb1f10b8aa475 "><img src="//web.archive.org/web/2im_/ https://ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=GB&ASIN=B001AKTZVY&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL250_&tag=mathsat-21 " border="0" alt="q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=GB&ASIN=B001AKTZVY&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL250_&tag=mathsat-21" /></a> Further reading links: <a href=" https://mathigon.org/world/Fractals ">galleries of beautiful fractal images</a>; learn more about <a href=" http://www.conceptstew.co.uk/pages/prosecutors_fallacy.html ">maths in the courtroom</a>; the <a href=" http://store.flatlandthemovie.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=1817 ">the company behind the film</a> have made a number of educational resources and other films; why not read the <a href=" http://amzn-to/2lkgJj5 ">book</a> the film is based on? This links takes you to one of <a href=" http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Gardner.html ">Martin Gardener's</a> <a href=" https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/pubs/focus/Gardner_Planiverse7-1980.pdf ">review of Planiverse</a>, <a href=" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Dewdney ">Alexander Dewdney's</a> fully thought out and scientifically accurate version of Flatland. Subscribe via <a href=" https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/maths-at/id1282043127 ">iTunes</a> . Follow us on twitter <a href=" https://twitter-com/PodcastMathsAt ">@PodcastMathsA</a>t'' , as well as <a href=" https://twitter-com/ThomasEWoolley ">@ThomasEWoolley</a> and <a href=" https://twitter-com/benmparker ">@benmparker</a>.