Podcasts by Showing the way they went - for iPod/iPhone
Hot air balloon rides have become a popular celebration treat. But do they really just drift with the wind? Investigate the meticulous planning needed for round-the-world flights. Learn how journeys are monitored and measured, and discover how pilots merge mathematics and geography while high above the ground. This material forms part of the course MU120 Open mathematics.
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Transcript -- Showing the way they went from 2010-04-13T00:30:37
A short introduction to this album.
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Transcript -- A hot air balloon journey from 2009-05-19T02:32:54
An insight into the planning that goes into a hot air balloon journey and also how maps can be produced through filming from a hot air balloon.
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Spherical geometry from 2009-05-19T02:31:55
This track shows us how a hot air balloon is produced and how the application of spherical geometry is imperative when planning a round the world flight, and what programmes and software packages a...
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Transcript -- Spherical geometry from 2009-05-19T02:31:54
This track shows us how a hot air balloon is produced and how the application of spherical geometry is imperative when planning a round the world flight, and what programmes and software packages a...
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Looking for Theta from 2009-05-19T02:30:55
Through a complex example, we learn how journeys are measured when the points are not on the equator and how this is calculated using Theta.
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Transcript -- Looking for Theta from 2009-05-19T02:30:54
Through a complex example, we learn how journeys are measured when the points are not on the equator and how this is calculated using Theta.
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Great-circle distance from 2009-05-19T02:29:55
Great-circle distances might be the shortest way to travel, but they are not always the easiest. We also look at how lines of latitude aren't great-circles and that permission must be acquired to ...
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Transcript -- Great-circle distance from 2009-05-19T02:29:54
Transcript -- Great-circle distances might be the shortest way to travel, but they are not always the easiest. We also look at how lines of latitude aren't great-circles and that permission must b...
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Transcript -- Great-circle distance from 2009-05-19T02:29:54
Transcript -- Great-circle distances might be the shortest way to travel, but they are not always the easiest. We also look at how lines of latitude aren't great-circles and that permission must b...
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Transcript -- Great-circle distance from 2009-05-19T02:29:54
Great-circle distances might be the shortest way to travel, but they are not always the easiest. We also look at how lines of latitude aren't great-circles and that permission must be acquired to ...
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