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Complex Numbers - Strength
Age 14 to 18
This video is part of our
Adventures with Complex Numbers
collection
Mathematics plays a crucial role in engineering. Professor Ahmer Wadee (Imperial College London) looks at how complex numbers help engineers to keep structures safe and stable - and some spectacular examples of what can go wrong!