Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. Mathematics

Lecturer: James S. Tanton

World-renowned math educator Dr. James Tanton shows you how to think visually in mathematics, solving problems in arithmetic, algebra, geometry, probability, and other fields with the help of imaginative graphics that he designed. Also featured are his fun do-it-yourself projects using poker chips, marbles, paper, and other props, designed to give you many eureka moments of mathematical insight

Rated TVPG

Mode of access: World Wide Web

Episode 1

The Power of a Mathematical Picture

Episode 2

Visualizing Negative Numbers

Episode 3

Visualizing Ratio Word Problems

Episode 4

Visualizing Extraordinary Ways to Multiply

Episode 5

Visualizing Area Formulas

Episode 6

The Power of Place Value

Episode 7

Pushing Long Division to New Heights

Episode 8

Pushing Long Division to Infinity

Episode 9

Visualizing Decimals

Episode 10

Pushing the Picture of Fractions

Episode 11

Visualizing Mathematical Infinities

Episode 12

Surprise! The Fractions Take Up No Space

Episode 13

Visualizing Probability

Episode 14

Visualizing Combinatorics

Episode 15

Visualizing Pascal's Triangle

Episode 16

Visualizing Random Movement, Orderly Effect

Episode 17

Visualizing Orderly Movement, Random Effect

Episode 18

Visualizing the Fibonacci Numbers

Episode 19

The Visuals of Graphs

Episode 20

Symmetry

Episode 21

Symmetry

Episode 22

Visualizing Balance Points in Statistics

Episode 23

Visualizing Fixed Points

Episode 24

Bringing Visual Mathematics Together