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7.30 Mathematics '64: 13. Off The Beaten Track
A series of twenty programmes reflecting new trends in mathematics and in the teaching of mathematics.

'The square root of minus one' is neither positive nor negative nor zero. Rotation matrices provide a starting point for inventing a different kind of number.
Presented by Geoffrey Matthews.

8.0 Basis for Decision: The Use of Operational Research - 1. Cutting the Queue
A series of three programmes on how scientific method can be used to solve problems of management.

Queues of men and materials lie idle while they wait for service, wasting large amounts of time and money. Operational Research shows how this waste can be reduced to a minimum.
Presented by Professor P. Rivett.
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8.45 Studying the Social Sciences - 4. Aspects of Man
A series of six programmes prepared in association with the London School of Economics and Political Science.

This programme introduces demography, the examination of population trends ranging from infant mortality rates in this country to population increases in India; and anthropology, the study of human relationship and behaviour in different countries and societies.
Those taking part: Professor D. V. Glass, Professor R. W. Firth, Dr. B. Benedict, N. H. Carrier
Introduced by Dr. Alan Little.

9.15 One Hundred Years of Marxism: 7. War of Rice
A series of nine programmes describing the development of Communist theory and practice from the time of Karl Marx to the present day.

In tonight's programme Owen Lattimore, Professor of Chinese Studies at Leeds University, and Richard Harris, Asian specialist of The Times, consider the origins and the significance of the Sino-Soviet rift.
Introduced by Warren Evans.

Contributors

Presenter (Mathematics '64):
Geoffrey Matthews
Producer (Mathematics '64):
David Roseveare
Presenter (Basis for Decision):
Professor P. Rivett
Film Cameraman (Basis for Decision):
Eugene Carr
Film Cameraman (Basis for Decision):
Ewart Needham
Film Cameraman (Basis for Decision):
Russell Walker
Film Editor (Basis for Decision):
Peter Austen-Hunt
Designer (Basis for Decision):
Alan Hunter-Craig
Film Director (Basis for Decision):
Julian Cooper
Studio Director (Basis for Decision):
Richard Thomas
Producer (Basis for Decision):
Jill Wood
Guest (Studying the Social Sciences):
Professor D. V. Glass
Guest (Studying the Social Sciences):
Professor R. W. Firth
Guest (Studying the Social Sciences):
Dr. B. Benedict
Guest (Studying the Social Sciences):
N. H. Carrier
Presenter (Studying the Social Sciences):
Dr Alan Little
Designer (Studying the Social Sciences):
Stuart Durant
Director (Studying the Social Sciences):
Rosamund Davies
Executive Producer (Studying the Social Sciences):
Derek Holroyde
Speaker (One Hundred Years of Marxism):
Owen Lattimore
Speaker (One Hundred Years of Marxism):
Richard Harris
Presenter (One Hundred Years of Marxism):
Warren Evans
Designer (One Hundred Years of Marxism):
Norman James
Director (One Hundred Years of Marxism):
Julia Gaitskell
Producer (One Hundred Years of Marxism):
Brian Smale-Adams

presenting from America The Art Farmer Quartet featuring Jim Hall
Introduced by Steve Race.
The programme is presented by arrangement with Harold Davison

Contributors

Musicians:
The Art Farmer Quartet
Guitarist:
Jim Hall
Presenter:
Steve Race
Producer:
Terry Henebery

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