Illustrates a celebrated proof of Pythagoras’s theorem by Tarbit of Baghdad in the ninth century and by Leonardo da Vinci in the fifteenth century. Considers some cases of calculation by Pythagoras’s rule, arising from three-dimensional situations.
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ACMI Identifier
502505
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Dimensions
Crafts & Visual Arts → Dimensions
Crafts & Visual Arts → Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Mathematics - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Dimensions
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Mathematicians
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Mathematics - Study and teaching
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)