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News from the world of maths: More movies and maths

Submitted by plusadmin on May 20, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

More movies and maths

Maths in the movies is obviously in vogue these days.

The following video comes from Triple J in Australia, and is a nice summation of how maths has been used as a tool for plot development over the years.

Thanks to Marc Fennell, the host of the show, for the permissions.

posted by westius @ 3:35 PM

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