DONALD IN MATHMAGIC LAND

Duration: 26 min

Genre: animation

Year Published: 1959

Creator: Walt Disney Productions

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: Sound

Credits: Cast: Clarence Nash

Description: Donald Duck learns the importance of mathematics. Sequences show how the basic principles relate to music, art, architecture, sports, and other phases of daily life

Donald Duck enters Mathmagic Land, a "mighty strange" fantasy land with trees with square roots, a stream flowing with numbers, and a walking pencil that plays tic-tac-toe. Donald learns that mathematics applies to nature, architecture, and music, but also to games that are played on geometrical surfaces. Themes of Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass are scattered throughout the chess scene.

Complete Record: Source: Disney Interest level: el-jh-sh-c-ad Guide: Guide Price: $250 Format: sd color Catalog numbers: LC card Fi 59-845 A

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Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)