Video Description
Donald in Mathmagic Land was released on June 26, 1959. It was directed by Hamilton Luske and is 27 minutes in length. In 1959, it was nominated for an Academy Award (Best Documentary - Short Subjects). The film was made available to schools and became one of the most popular educational films ever made by Disney. As Walt Disney explained, "The cartoon is a good medium to stimulate interest. We have recently explained mathematics in a film and in that way excited public interest in this very important subject."
Topics explained
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Geometry of Billiards: how to win at billiards using the diamonds
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The Mind: Mental exercises
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Circles and Triangles
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Wheel, train, magnifying glass, drill, airplane propeller, and telescope
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Sphere, Lens
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Cone, Slices, Orbits of planets
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Pentagram
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To Perceive Infinity and the future
Pool
Pool, also known as pocket billiards, is the family of cue sports and games played on a pool table having six receptacles called pockets along the rails, into which balls are deposited as the main goal of play.
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