Good books and film discussing special mathematics?

[Pixel_Outlaw]

Recently I've been wanting to watch some films and such on mathematical concepts that aren't really taught in schools. Things like the Fibonacci Sequence, Phi (golden section) and fractal geometry. I suppose mathematics that have interesting patterns and occur naturally. I really enjoy this kind of stuff but there are no resources for me locally. I know the BBC does documentaries on such things but I just can't get those vids for use on an American Cassette/DVD player. I prefer videos to books for visual based things. I'm not really into the notion of sacred mathematics but I do find some of these leisure mathematics to be quite fun. I'm looking for fact not fiction.

[Shockwave]

There must be hundreds of programs about mathematics by the open university.

The Open University is a great idea, it's been going for many years now and they offer degrees in a large variety of subjects. Because they are distance learning courses, they are supported by tapes and television programs, some of which I am sure you would be able to find on the internet.

[Hotshot]

I am very good at times table, formla(yes long formla that uni used) and so on.....my mom used to be math wizards ( otherwords for clever!)

[Pixel_Outlaw]

This is a great site with free vids:

http://www.dimensions-math.org/Dim_E.htm

[combatking0]

Even the basics, like how base 10 works (10⁰=1, 10¹=10, 10²=100, etc) aren't explained in schools. Explaining this, and applying it to other bases such as 2 would nurture an early understanding of how computers work to some degree by some of the younger children.