Change and Motion: Calculus Made Clear, 2nd Edition - Season 1 Episode 16 The Best of All Possible Worlds-Optimization
Calculus is useful in many branches of mathematics. The 18th-century French scientist Georges Louis Leclerc Compte de Buffon used calculus and breadsticks to perform an experiment in probability. His experiment showed how random events can ultimately lead to an exact number.
First Air Date: Jan 01, 2001
Last Air date: Jun 11, 2001
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 24 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
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Season
Season 1
Episode
Two Ideas, Vast Implications
Stop Sign Crime-The First Idea of Calculus-The Derivative
Another Car, Another Crime-The Second Idea of Calculus-The Integral
The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Visualizing the Derivative-Slopes
Derivatives the Easy Way-Symbol Pushing
Abstracting the Derivative-Circles and Belts
Circles, Pyramids, Cones, and Spheres
Archimedes and the Tractrix
The Integral and the Fundamental Theorem
Abstracting the Integral-Pyramids and Dams
Buffon's Needle or ? from Breadsticks
Achilles, Tortoises, Limits, and Continuity
Calculators and Approximations
The Best of All Possible Worlds-Optimization
The Best of All Possible Worlds-Optimization
Galileo, Newton, and Baseball
Getting off the Line-Motion in Space
Mountain Slopes and Tangent Planes
Several Variables-Volumes Galore
The Fundamental Theorem Extended
Fields of Arrows-Differential Equations
Owls, Rats, Waves, and Guitars
Calculus Everywhere