TY  - ADVS
AU  - Blatt,Joseph
AU  - Garfunkel,Solomon A.
AU  - Rakich,Olga
ED  - Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (U.S.)
TI  - For all practical purposes: introduction to contemporary mathematics
SN  - 0897763343
AV  - QA7 .F67 1987
PY  - 1987///
CY  - [United States]
PB  - Annenberg/CPB Project
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - 1961-
KW  - Management science
KW  - Computers
N1  - VHS format; [v. 1.] Management science: Program 1 : Overview. Program 2 : Street smarts -- [v. 2.] Management science: Program 3 : Trains, planes, and critical paths. Program 4 : Juggling machines -- [v. 3.] Management science: Program 5 : Juicy problems -- [v. 4.] Statistics: Program 6 : Overview. Program 7 : Behind the headlines -- [v. 5.] Statistics: Program 8 : Picture this. Program 9 : Place your bets -- [v. 6.] Statistics: Program 10 : Confident conclusions -- [v. 7.] Social choice: Program 11 : Overview. Program 12 : The impossible dream -- [v. 8.] Social choice: Program 13 : More equal than others. Program 14 : Zero sum games -- [v. 9.] Social choice: Program 15 : Prisoner's dilemma -- [v. 10.] On size and shape: Program 16 : Overview. Program 17 : How big is too big -- [v. 11.] On size and shape: Program 18 : It grows and grows. Program 19 : Stand-up conic -- [v.12.] On size and shape: Program 20 : It started in Greece -- [v. 13.] Computer science: Program 21 : Overview. Program 22 : Rules of the game -- [v. 14.] Computer science: Program 23 : Counting by twos. Program 24 : Creating a code -- [v. 15.] Computer science: Program 25 : Moving picture show -- Conclusion: Program 26 : Summing up; Produced by the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP) ; Executive producer, Joseph Blatt ; producer and director, Olga Rakich ; project director, Sol Garfunkel; Host: Sol Garfunkel
N2  - This series provides an understanding of math in both personal matters and the world around us. Relevant applications of mathematics are presented, focusing on contemporary math as a problem solving tool
ER  -