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Mighty strange.

That's an odd-looking
creature.

What kind of a crazy place
is this?

Well, what do you know?
Square roots.

Pi is equal to 3.1 41 5926535897 47
et cetera.

Hello?

Hello, Donald,

That's me. Where am l?

Mathmagic Land,

Mathmagic Land?
Never heard of it.

It's the land
of great adventure,

Well, who are you?

I'm a spirit,
The true spirit of adventure,

That's for me! What's next?

Ajourney through
the wonderland of mathematics,

Mathematics?
That's for eggheads.

Eggheads? Now, hold on, Donald,

- You like music, don't you?
- Yes.

Well, without eggheads,
there would be no music,

Come on,

Let's go to ancient Greece,
to the time of Pythagoras,

the master egghead of them all,

Pythagoras?

The father
of mathematics and music,

Mathematics and music?

You'll find mathematics
in the darndest places,

Watch,

First we'll need a string,

Stretch it good and tight,

Pluck it,

Now divide in half,

Pluck again,

You see? It's the same tone,
one octave higher,

Now divide the next section,

And the next,

Pythagoras discovered
the octave had a ratio of 2:1,

With simple fractions,
he got this,

And from this
harmony in numbers

developed the musical scale
of today,

By golly!

You do find mathematics
in the darndest places.

You can imagine how excited
Pythagoras was

when he shared his findings
with his pals,

a fraternity of eggheads
known as the Pythagoreans,

They used to meet in secret

to discuss
their mathematical discoveries,

Only members
were allowed to attend,

They had a secret emblem,

The pentagram,

Let's see what the topic is
for today,

What's going on?

lt's a jam session.

Give me something with a beat!

So from these eggheads,
the Pythagoreans,

with their
mathematical formula,

came the basis
of our music of today,

Pythag, old boy, put her there.

Well, l'll be
a pi-squared egghead!

It was our old friend
Pythagoras who discovered

that the pentagram
was full of mathmagic,

The two shorter lines combined
exactly equal the third,

And this line shows
the magic proportions

of the famous golden section,

The second and third lines
exactly equal the fourth,

Once again,
we have the golden section,

But this is only the beginning,

Hidden within the pentagram

is a secret for creating
a golden rectangle,

Which the Greeks admired

for its beautiful proportions
and magic qualities,

The star contains the golden
rectangle many times over,

It's a most remarkable shape,

It can mathematically
reproduce itself indefinitely,

All these rectangles have
exactly the same proportions,

This figure also contains
a magic spiral

that repeats the proportions
of the golden section

into infinity,

To the Greeks,
the golden rectangle

represented a mathematical law
of beauty,

We find it in
their classical architecture,

The Parthenon,

perhaps one of the most famous

of early Greek buildings,

contains many
golden rectangles,

These same golden proportions

are also found
in their sculpture,

In the centuries that followed,

the golden rectangle dominated

the idea of beauty
in architecture

throughout the western world,

The cathedral of Notre Dame

is an outstanding example,

The Renaissance painters
knew this secret well,

Today the golden rectangle

is very much a part
of our modern world,

Modern painters
have rediscovered

the magic of these proportions,

Indeed, this ideal proportion

is to be found in life itself,

Boy, oh boy, oh boy!

This is mathematics?

l like mathematical figures
like that.

- Can we try it?
- No,

ldeal proportion.

Not quite,

I'm afraid not,

Well, we can't all be
mathematically perfect,

Oh, yeah?

There, l knew l could do it.

Now that you're all pent up
in a pentagon,

let's see how nature uses
this same mathematical form,

The petunia,

The starjasmine,

The starfish,

The wax flower,

There are literally thousands
of members in good standing

in nature's Pythagorean
society of the star,

All nature's works
have a mathematical logic

and her patterns are limitless,

The magic proportions
of the golden section

are often found in the spirals
of nature's designs,

The profusion
of mathematical forms

brings to mind
the words of Pythagoras,

Everything is arranged
according to number

and mathematical shape,

Yes, there is mathematics
in music, in art,

in just about everything,

And as the Greeks had guessed,

the rules are always the same,

Did you enjoy
your geometrical journey?

Gee, Mr Spirit,

there's a lot more to
mathematics than two times two.

That's right, Donald,

And you can find mathematics
in games too,

Games? Oh, boy!

Let's begin with a game
that's played on squares,

Checkers?

- No, chess,
- Chess?

A mathematical contest
between two minds,

It's a game that has been
enjoyed for centuries

by kings and commoners,

In fact, Lewis Carroll,

a famous mathematician
with a literary mind,

used chess as a setting
for his classic tale

Through The Looking Glass.

Alice found herself
face to face

with a none-too-friendly group
of chess pieces,

Good heavens! What's this?

Upon my soul!
lt appears to be a lost pawn.

l'm no pawn. l'm Donald Duck.

He says he's Donald Duck.

Preposterous.

Or it could be an Alice.

Alice?

No. lt's a lost pawn.

Lost pawn?

- Stop that pawn.
- Help!

Mr Spirit, help!

That was close!

Now you can look at this game
from a safer perspective,

Chess is a game
of calculated strategy,

And since the board
is geometrical,

the moves are mathematical,

Checkmate,
and the game is over,

That's very interesting.
What's next?

Practically all games are
played on geometrical areas,

The baseball field
is a diamond,

Oh, boy!

And without mathematics,
we couldn't even keep score,

Football is played
on a rectangle

divided by yard lines,

Basketball is a game
of circles,

spheres and rectangles,

Even hopscotch
has its multiple squares,

What's next? Tiddlywinks?

No, A mathematical game

played on a field
of two perfect squares,

using three perfect spheres

and a lot of diamonds,

In other words, billiards,

Oh, boy! That's for me!

You know the game,
don't you, Donald?

Of course.

The cue ball has to hit
the other two balls,

like this.

Now let's see how an expert
at three-cushion billiards

uses his head,

Three-cushion?

The cue ball not only has to
hit both the other balls,

but it must contact
at least three cushions

before it hits the final ball,

One, two, three,

It takes an expert to make
several shots in succession,

One, two, three,
four, five, six,

That was a lucky shot.

Luck? No, It's skill,

For this game, you have to know
all the angles,

That's amazing.
How does he do it?

First there's technique,

He's striking the cue ball low

so it'll spin backwards,

Hitting the ball on the right
side will make it hug the rail,

These trick shots
take a lot of practice,

He missed it!

What's so mathematical
about that?

This game
takes precise calculation,

He figures out each shot
in his head,

He could play it like this,

but it calls for
quite a bit of luck,

There is a better choice,

For this, he uses the diamond
markings on the rail

as a mathematical guide,

First he figures
the natural angle

for hitting the object balls,

And then he finds
that his cue ball

must bounce off
the number three diamond,

Next he gets ready
for the shot,

and he needs a number
for his cue position,

This calls for a different set
of numbers,

Very confusing, isn't it?

Not when you get
the hang of it,

You see,
the cue position is 4,

Now, a simple subtraction,

So if he shoots
for the first diamond,

he should make it,

It's called
playing the diamond system,

Natural angle, 2,

Cue position:

So shoot halfway between
the first and second diamonds,

There's nothing to it.
Let me try.

Let's see, now.

lf l set it here
and l bounce there,

l got... No, here.

lf l set it here.

Then... divided into...

l guess l should shoot
about here.

There's no guesswork
to mathematics,

It's quite simple,

Natural angle for the hit, 2,

Cue position, 31/2,

How much is 31/2 minus 2?

Hey, it works!

lt's a cinch.

lf l hit it here, add 31/2 plus 4
to 41/2 minus three, that's...

..divided by 1 ...

You're making it tough
for yourself, Donald,

How do you like that
for mathematics, Mr Spirit?

Wonderful, Donald,

And now you're ready for
the most exciting game of all,

And the playing field
for this game is in the mind,

Look at the condition
of your mind,

Antiquated ideas, Bungling,

False concepts,

Superstitions, Confusion,

To think straight,
we'll have to clean house,

There, That's more like it,

A nice clean sweep,

This game is played
with circles and triangles,

Think of a perfect circle,

A perfect circle,

Perfect circle,

Perfect,

Put a triangle inside
and turn it,

Now spin the circle,
And what have you got?

A ball.

Yes, a sphere,

It's the shape of things as
first discovered in the mind,

Slice off the top
and we have a,,,

A magnifying glass.

That's right, A lens
is a section of a sphere,

All optical instruments are
created through mathematics,

You see, there's a lot more
to mathematics

than just numbers
and equations,

Let's get back
to our circle and triangle,

Roll it and we have a,,,

A... a wheel.

The circle has been the basis

for many of man's
important inventions,

The mind can create
the most amazing things,

If we spin the triangle,
we have a,,,

- Cone.
- Slice the cone,

The cone is full
of useful mathematical shapes,

Slice it again,
Slice it several times,

The orbits of all planets
and satellites

can be found in the cone,

No matter how you slice it,
it's always mathematics,

A slice like this gives us
the reflector of a searchlight,

A slice like this, the mirror
of a giant telescope,

A line on a cone,
and we have a drill,

And a spring,

Now you're ticking,

Number, please?

The mind is the birthplace

for all of man's
scientific achievements,

The mind knows no limits
when used properly,

Think of a pentagram, Donald,

Now put another inside,

A third and a fourth,

No pencil is sharp enough

to draw as fine
as you can think,

And no paper large enough
to hold your imagination,

In fact, it is only in the mind

that we can conceive infinity,

Mathematical thinking
has opened the doors

to the exciting adventures
of science,

l'll be doggone!

l've never seen
so many doors before.

Each discovery
leads to many others,

An endless chain,

What's the matter
with these doors?

These doors won't open.
They're locked.

Of course they are locked,

These are the doors
of the future,

and the key is,,,

Mathematics.

Right, Mathematics,

The boundless treasures
of science

are locked behind those doors,

In time they will be opened

by the curious and enquiring
minds of future generations,

In the words of Galileo,

mathematics is the alphabet

with which God
has written the universe,

Benjamin Franklin was one of
the most extraordinary men

of the 1 8th century.

Philosopher, inventor
and patriot,

he rose from obscurity

to become
one of the greatest figures

in American history.

ln our struggle for freedom,

much credit must be given
to this illustrious...

..mouse, for it was Amos
who was really responsible

for the great deeds attributed
to Benjamin Franklin.

And here's the proof
in his own words.

I was born and raised
in Philadelphia,

in the old church
on Second Street,

Our home was in the vestry,
behind the panelling,

There were 26 children
in the family,

and with that many
mouths to feed,

we were naturally quite poor,

In fact,
as poor as church mice,

And since I was the oldest,

I determined to set out into
the world and make my own way,

If I was successful,
I could help the others,

But in any case, there'd be
one less mouse to feed,

It was the winter of 1 7 45,

and these were desperate times,

Jobs were scarce,
especially for a mouse,

Well, we were
a downtrodden race,

Good morning, madam.

Could you use a handy mouse?

Mouse?

By nightfall,
I was becoming desperate,

If I didn't find shelter soon,
I'd be done for,

My last hope
was an old run-down shop

near the edge of town,

A sign over the door read:

Benjamin Franklin,
printer and bookbinder,

Perhaps I could find shelter here,
just for the night,

Upon entering a strange place,
I always took one sniff as a precaution,

Printer's ink,

Fresh paper,

Old books,

And no cats,

And just about as cold
as it was outside,

The place was full
of strange contraptions,

Tangles of wire,

And a little round-faced man

trying to write by candlelight,

Good day, Mr... Franklin.

Could you use a...

Oh, dear. Don't tell me.

My last pair.

What'll l do?

Now l'll never get my paper out.

l'm tired of his excuses.

He'll settle up right now.

Here they come again.

..settle up. Open up.

Open up, Franklin.
We know you're in there.

- Pay the rent or get out.
- We want our money.

You've got just 24 hours,
then l'm taking your press.

- And your business.
- We're taking everything.

lt's your last chance, Franklin.

Remember, 24 hours.

You can come out now,
Mr Franklin. They've gone.

- 24 hours. Oh, what's the use?
- But you can't give up.

Nothing ventured,
nothing gained, Mr Franklin.

My name's Ben. Plain Ben.

And just what would you do,
whatever your name is?

My name's Amos. One of the church mice
from over on Second Street.

And the first thing l'd do is
figure a way to heat this place.

All your heat's
going up the chimney.

And what would you propose?

Put the fire
in the middle of the room.

Nonsense.
You want to burn the place down?

Make something out of iron
to put it in.

Say, that might be an idea.

Fixing Ben's glasses
was quite a problem,

He had broken his outdoor pair

as well as his reading glasses,

Well, there was
only one thing left,

Try to make one pair
out of the two,

Let me see, now.

lf l put...

Perhaps if l...

Yes.

There we are.

What will l do
with the smoke?

Use a pipe.

Run it over to the chimney.

I admit the stove wasn't much
to look at, but at least,,,

lt works, Amos.

Naturally.

Say, l wonder if we couldn't
make these things and sell them.

Call it the Franklin stove.

- Why, maybe someday...
- Yeah, maybe someday,

but right now, Ben,
would you mind trying these?

We have work to do.

- Will they do?
- Will they?

Why, Amos, this is a great idea.

Two-way glasses.

By George, bifocals!

This your paper?

That's it, Amos.
Poor Richard's Almanac,

Sunrise 6.22, sunset 7.43.

High tide 4.20.

A cat in gloves catches no mice.

Poor Richard's Almanac,
Poor indeed.

But, Amos,
consider all the information...

lnformation?
Ben, when the sun's up, it's up.

Why read about it?

Well, what would you suggest?

First l'd give it a new name.

Something snappy,
like... the Gazette,

- The Pennsylvania Gazette,
- Sounds all right.

And then tell them
what's going on.

Give them some news.
Real news. Wake them up.

But where will l get news
at this hour?

l'll get it for you.

Hold everything, Ben,
till l get back.

[men] d ..a jolly good fellow

d Which nobody can deny d

The night watch. Disgraceful.

But what about the judge?

A few pounds took care of him.

Good. Now to fill our pockets,
eh, Jonathan?

And due to
our inadequate fire department,

the building was a total loss.

Damage estimated at £490l1 2sl6d.

- Got that, Ben?
- Right, Amos.

Then let's go to press.

Lower case T.

Upper case S.

Upper case A.

Lower case T.

Upper case S.

Space.

Semicolon. Another space.

Upper case R. Lower case O.

Upper case E. Lower case T.

Space.

Upper E.

Lower R.

Say, this fellow Franklin comes
right out with it, don't he?

- Sure does.
- Well, look at this!

- The baker's wife.
- Triplets. Well, l...

Did you read this?
More taxes in '46.

They say there was a fire
on Chestnut Street last night.

Well, he's got everything
in here. Some paper!

- Seen Franklin's new paper?
- Yeah. The Pennsylvania Gazette,

By evening,
everyone in Philadelphia

was reading the Gazette,

Well, Amos, we're a success.

What a day!

Now l can pay my bills
and you can have cheese.

Good night, Ben.

Good night, Amos.

Whenever Ben
appeared in public,

he kept me under his hat,

There was a small door
in the front

so I could step out
on the brim,

Thus I was able to observe
and offer advice

without being seen by others,

l say,
isn't that young Franklin?

Why, yes.

Good day, Ben.

Good day, Mr...

Governor Keith and Dr Palmer.

l read your new paper, my boy.

Congratulations.

First-rate.

Keep up the good work.

Thank you, Your Excellency.
l shall do my best.

- Bright young chap.
- Yes, indeed.

Very alert. Seems to know
what's going on.

Just think,
the governor spoke to you.

You see, Ben,
people are beginning

to sit up and take notice.

Yes.

We're really
getting someplace.

Nothing can stop us now.

Post, Ben.

How do you do, Mr Post?

Oh, my goodness.
What have l done?

As the years passed,
Ben's reputation grew,

Letters poured in
from all over the colonies,

Requests for money,
for information on inventions,

advice in business, and even
for advice to the lovelorn,

I spent all my spare time
answering them,

And meanwhile Ben puttered
around with his experiments,

You should have seen yourself.

That was the funniest...

Where are you going?

- l'm leaving.
- Leaving?

Can't you take a little joke?

Joke? You call this a joke?

But, Amos, l didn't mean it.

Now, please don't go.
l'll never do it again.

Well... No more tricks, now.
Promise?

Yeah, l promise.

It was shortly thereafter
that Ben took up kite flying,

To the framework of his largest
kite, he fastened a small box,

For it was his idea
that I become

the world's
first flying reporter,

I was so enthralled with
the spectacle spread out below

that I failed to notice
a sharp pointed wire

fixed to the kite
just above my head,

I was the victim of a plot,

Speak to me.

Was it electricity?

Goodbye and for ever!

Please. Amos. Wait!

And so I left Ben

and returned to my family
in the old church,

in the vestry,
behind the panelling,

The years that followed
were troubled ones,

The rumours of violence
had ended,

Loud talk of stamp taxes
and other outrages,

How about it, men?
Are we gonna stand for this?

No taxation
without representation.

It was during this crisis
that Ben was chosen

to go to England to lay
our case before the king,

And now all the colonies
anxiously awaited his return,

What happened, Ben?

What about the taxes?
Will he lift them?

What did the king say?

Gentlemen, l'm afraid
the mission was a failure.

The king was unreasonable.
He wouldn't listen.

All right, then. We'll fight
for our independence.

There has to be war.

War? But, gentlemen,
there must be some other way.

Some other way? What way?
We've got to fight.

What if we lose?
We'll hang for treason.

- What will we do, Ben?
- Yes, what'll we do?

lf l only knew.

Poor Ben,

I couldn't help
feeling sorry for him,

It was a heavy responsibility,

I could help him,
I knew I could,

But no,

I couldn't go back,

After all,
a mouse has a little pride,

It was a night
in the summer of 1 776

that I was awakened
by a voice calling my name,

Now, who could it be
at this hour?

Well... What do you want?

Well, l... That is...

l've come to ask if...

Oh, Amos, come back to me,
would you, please?

Out of the question.

Please, Amos.
Consider your country.

My country?

There are big decisions
to be made.

l know.
l know all about it.

l need you.
You've just got to come back.

- On my own terms?
- Yes.

lf l write an agreement,
will you sign it?

l'll sign it.
l'll sign anything.

Very well.
You shall have the agreement

first thing in the morning.

And wherefore... and whereto...

How many ''to''s in it?

Will not tolerate...

Yes, whereas
under these conditions...

that are... binding...

Absolutely binding.

Good day, Ben.

Come in, Amos.

Here, let me take
your hat and coat.

Nice weather we're having.

Now, could l pour you some tea?

And we'll get on to my problems.

lf you don't mind,
will you sign this first?

Yes, of course.

- Mind if l read it?
- lf you wish.

Are you there?

lt's Tom Jefferson.

Come in, Red.

- You've got to help me.
- Of course...

l've been racking my brains,
working day and night,

but it's no use. l'm stuck.

But, Red,
l thought it was finished.

lt is!

But l don't like the beginning.

lt just doesn't sound right.

Listen to this.

The time has come

when we,
the people of these colonies...

Not big enough.

How about this?

Now is the time when we,
the people...

Not strong enough.

The time is at hand

when we, the people, must...

You see what l mean?

lf l could only find the words.

How about our contract?

No, Amos. Not now.

Yes, now, or l'm leaving.

When in the course
of human events

it becomes necessary...

That's it!

When in the course of human
events it becomes necessary

for one people
to dissolve the political bands

which have connected them
with another,

and to assume
among the powers of the earth

the separate and equal station

to which the laws of nature...

..of this declaration,

with a firm reliance on the
protection of divine providence,

we mutually pledge to each other

our lives, our fortunes
and our sacred honour.

On July 4th 1 776

the Declaration of Independence
was adopted by Congress,

I was very proud
to have had a small part

in the creation
of this great document,

And so we are
gathered here today

to pay our respects to...

Benjamin Franklin.

For he was truly

one of the greatest figures
in American history.

Museum of modern marvels.

Let's all go in.

What a place!

Welcome, sir.

Who are you?

l'm the robot butler, sir.

Oh, yeah?

So what?

- Your hat, sir.
- Let go of my hat!

l'll get you for this.

Thank you, sir.

Why don't you pick on somebody
your own size?

You big boob.

So.

Wonderful.

lsn't that nice?

What's that?

Hitch-hiker's aid.

What are you trying to do,
put my eye out?

Your hat, sir.

Give me back my hat,
you big boob.

So.

Fabulous. Stupendous.

Marvellous. Magnificent.

Bundle-wrapper.

Hands off! Do not touch!

Your hat, sir.

l've never been so mortified
in all my life.

So.

A baby buggy.

d Rock-a-bye baby
in the tree top

d When the wind blows
the cradle will rock

d When the bough breaks
the cradle will fall

d And down will come baby,
cradle and all d

This little piggy
went to market.

This little piggy stayed home.

This little piggy went...

..all the way home.

l want my bottle!

Baby hungry?

There.

- Baby fall.
- What's the big idea?

Let me go!

Baby wants more?

No more, doggone it.

Now. Mama fix.

He's Mama's little lamb, he is.

No. Hold still.

Let me go!
What do you think l am?

There, darling.

Mama kiss. Make it better.

Well, l'll be doggone!

Your hat, sir.

Let go of my hat!

Come back here!

So.

That's for you.

A barber chair.

Say, this is
a pretty swell outfit.

Oh, yeah?

Yes, sir. What'll it be?

Give me the works.

The works? You betcha.

Sorry, sir. My mistake.

Haven't l seen you before?

l never forget a face.

Nice day, sir.
Lovely weather we're having.

Clippers on the side?

Getting a little thin on top.

That should be taken care of.

- Now the hot towel.
- Let me up!

That reminds me
of a little story.

lt seems that...

A little too hot?

We'll put the part
right in the middle.

This is the latest creation

and should be very becoming
to you.

Brings out your personality.

Very snappy.

How's that?

There you are.

You look like a new man.

Much obliged. Call again.

Your hat, sir.