
1 Season
24 Episode
Change and Motion: Calculus Made Clear, 2nd Edition - Season 1 Episode 11 Abstracting the Integral-Pyramids and Dams
Archimedes devised an ingenious method that foreshadowed the idea of the integral in that it involved slicing a sphere into thin sections. Integrals provide effective techniques for computing volumes of solids and areas of surfaces. The image of an onion is useful in investigating how a solid ball can be viewed as layers of surfaces.
- Year: 2001
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- Studio: The Great Courses
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- Cast: Michael Starbird