Donald in Mathmagic Land is a 27-minute Donald Duck featurette released on June 26, 1959. As Walt Disney said, "We have recently explained mathematics in a film and in that way excited public interest in this very important subject." (Wiki)
posted by twoleftfeet on Aug 9, 2011 - 49 comments

Fake Rapture. You are now on the cutting edge.
posted by univac on May 5, 2009 - 131 comments

Everything you know about Pythagoras is wrong (except the bit about the beans). Less the golden-thighed Einstein of the Ancient World and more the L. Ron Hubbard of Magna Graecia. [Last link has some rude words]
posted by Kattullus on Feb 22, 2007 - 41 comments

Euclid's Elements - the ancient Greek mathematicians textbook, presented here with the aid of Java, including Pythagoras' Theorem, and proof that there is an infinite amount of prime numbers.
posted by Orange Goblin on Jan 3, 2004 - 2 comments

The shape of the universe may well be a dodecahedron. New research from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe suggests a finite universe with a definite shape. One up for Plato, who, following Pythagoras, maintained that “God used this solid for the whole universe, embroidering figures on it.”. So it appears. .. all expressed much more lucidly by the Economist.
posted by grahamwell on Oct 11, 2003 - 14 comments

A Summary of Pythagorean Theology
posted by oissubke on Mar 20, 2003 - 6 comments