|aCourse consists of 24 lectures in 2 parts. Each part consists of 2 videodiscs and each videodisc consists of six lectures. Each course guidebook covers the 12 lectures contained in 2 videodiscs in one part./ "Science & Mathematics"--Container cover
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|apart I. disc 1. Two ideas, vast implications -- Stop sign crime : the first idea of calculus: the derivative -- Another car, another crime : the second idea of calculus: the integral -- The fundamental theorem of calculus -- Visualizing the derivative: slopes -- Derivatives the easy way: symbol pushing|apart I. disc. 2. Abstracting the derivative: circles and belts -- Circles, Pyramids, cones, and spheres -- Archimedes and the Tractrix -- The integral and the fundamental theorem -- Abstracting the integral: pyramids and dams -- Buffon's needle or [pi] from breadsticks|apart II. disc 3. Achilles, tortoises, limits, and continuity -- Calculators and approximations -- The best of all possible worlds: optimization -- Economics and architecture -- Galileo, Newton, and baseball -- Getting off the line: motion in space|apart II. disc 3. Achilles, tortoises, limits, and continuity -- Calculators and approximations -- The best of all possible worlds: optimization -- Economics and architecture -- Galileo, Newton, and baseball -- Getting off the line: motion in space