Life by the Numbers 1 - Special Effects - Seeing is Believing (1998 Math Education Series)
Channel: Freedom Learner
Date: 2018-02-05

Episode Synopsis:
Special Effects... What you see is what you get? Not if you enter the fascinating world of special effects. From Renaissance paintings to major motion pictures, the world of mathematics plays a pivotal role in the creation of these fantastic illusions, even venturing forth into a world beyond, a fourth dimension.

Series Name:
Life by the Numbers

Episode Name:
Seeing is Believing

Hosted by: 
Danny Glover

First aired on PBS in 1998

Read series review on MAA: 
https://www.maa.org/review-life-by-the-numbers

Funding support provided by:
National Science Foundation

Series Synopsis:
From the smallest micro organism to the planets and the stars, life can be a wondrous journey of discovery where almost everywhere and everything is affected by numbers. Enter the exciting world of the Science of Mathematics with our host Danny Glover.