Bronowksi demonstrates Pythagoras Theorem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOvpV0CuEdc
Publisher, BBC, Video, YouTube
From the 1973 BBC Series “The Ascent of Man”, Bronowski travels to Samos and shows how Pythagoras’ Theorem can be demonstrated geometrically. Students could be asked to replicate the proof after watching.
15 January 2011 Edit: 4 April 2014
User submitted, thanks to Nordin Zuber
- Topics:
- Measurement, Pythagoras
- The Australian Curriculum
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- NSW Mathematics K-10 Syllabus
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Simon Job on 19 October 16 at 09:55 PM #
The video from which this segment was taken is here http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1zw67e_bbc-ascent-of-man-04-music-of-the-spheres_tv
The part on Pythagoras’ Theorem starts at around 8 minutes.
jmorgan6 on 19 October 16 at 09:40 PM #
The video has been blocked due to copyright BBC