| View Larger Image | I Want to be a Mathematician: A Conversation with Paul Halmos | DVDStarring: Paul Halmos, Robert Bekes, David Eisenbud, Jean J. Pedersen, Donald Sarason
Directed By: George Csicsery
| List Price: | $39.95 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Run Time: | 44 minutes | | Format: | NTSC | | Studio: | Zala Films | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Release Date: | February 25, 2009 | | Sales Rank: | 50,804th |
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Product Description
The 44-minute film contains a rare interview with Paul Halmos by Peter Renz, revealing his thoughts on mathematics, and how to teach it and write about it. Five bonus features include comments by mathematicians Robert Bekes, David Eisenbud, Jean Pedersen, and Donald Sarason about their experiences with Halmos. Interviews with Halmos by Don Albers and Halmos' own writings are included as PDF documents. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.0 based on 1 review)
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For what it was it was fine... by J. Irvine (Cape Cod)  3 Stars
June 06, 2009
I was looking for videos to model and inspire one to aspire to the life of the mind in mathematics. This video was a sweet interview about the man and his Socratic - or RL Moore - style of teaching. There was little or no discussion of math ideas at all. I guess I should have read the description more closely as that is exactly how Amazon describes the video. Not what I thought it would be - a lively discussion of math ideas and how one chooses to pursue math. So for what it was, a gentle, almost reverential interview, it was fine.
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