Movies: Mathematics
- 1994
Outside In (1994)
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The computer animation Outside In explains the amazing discovery, made by Steve Smale in 1957, that a sphere can be turned inside out by means of smooth motions and self-intersections. Through a combination of dialogue and exposition accessible to an...
- 2018
Meet the Math Drills - Multiplication (2018)
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Meet the Math Facts videos made learning math facts fun and easy. Now it is time to practice what you have learned. Meet the Math Drills Multiplication provides hours of practice so that you will be able to recall multiplication equations to 12x12 wi...
- 1961
Four-Point Conics (1961)
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An experimental mathematics film designed to elucidate the study of four-line conics....
- 1973
Exponents: A Study in Generalization (1973)
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Created as a demonstration of multi-disciplinary thinking, this film was produced in association with UCLA Mathematics professor, Ray Redheffer. With the exclusive use of storytelling through animation this lively and exuberant presentation of the “a...
- 1987
Letters from an Indian Clerk (1987)
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The story of how, in 1914, the self-taught Indian mathematical genius SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN came to England and Trinity College, Cambridge, to work with the great British pure mathematician GH Hardy....
- 1989
The Beauty and Complexity of the Mandelbrot Set (1989)
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A video by doctor John Hubbard discussing the origin, characteristics, and applications of the Mandelbrot set and other iterative sets....
- 2017
Meet the Math Facts - Multiplication & Division Level 2 (2017)
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Meet the Math Facts Multiplication & Division Level 2 makes multiplication and division fun and easy! You will learn basic multiplication and division through fact families. With fun characters that you will grow to love, level 2 will teach you to ea...
- 2001
Fermat's Last Tango (2001)
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A musical fantasia based on the true encounter between mathematician Andrew Wiles and Fermat's last theorem....
- 1961
Symmetry (1961)
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Symmetry is one of five shorts featured in the film "Mathematical Peep Shows." The collection was made by Charles and Ray Eames for the IBM Mathematica Exhibit which opened in 1961. The degree to which an object is symmetrical is illustrated by the ...
- 2018
Meet the Math Drills - Subtraction (2018)
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Meet the Math Facts videos made learning math facts fun and easy. Now it is time to practice what you have learned. Meet the Math Drills Subtraction provides hours of practice so that you will be able to recall subtraction equations from 0 to 10 with...
- 1976
The Mathematician (1976)
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The salutary tale of a genius mathematician who discovers that mankind is heading for environmental disaster. Ignored by all, he sets out to prove it — however the proof, represented by “a little black box”, is taken up by those previous doubters and...
- 1961
2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers (1961)
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2ⁿ is a story about the exponential growth of numbers raised to powers. Part of the Mathematica Peep Shows, one of five films made to accompany the Mathematica: A World of Numbers and Beyond exhibition at the California Museum of Science and Industry...
- 2013
The Genius of Srinivasa Ramanujan (2013)
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A documentary about the life and work of seminal mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan....
- 2020
The Mathematics Of Change (2020)
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THE MATHEMATICS OF CHANGE is the uproarious and moving story of a young aspiring mathematician who unexpectedly discovers his limits as a Princeton University freshman. Acclaimed comic monologuist Josh Kornbluth has toured the U.S. extensively with t...
- 2017
Meet the Math Facts - Multiplication & Division Level 1 (2017)
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Meet the Math Facts Multiplication & Division Level 1 makes multiplication and division fun and easy! You will learn basic multiplication and division through fact families. With fun characters that you will grow to love, level 1 will teach you to ea...
- 2017
Girls Who Fell in Love with Math (2017)
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The story of two girls, Alice Zhang and Fan Chung Graham, who grew up together in Taiwan in the 60s and dreamt of pursuing math....
- 2018
Meet the Math Drills - Addition (2018)
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Meet the Math Facts videos made learning math facts fun and easy. Now it is time to practice what you have learned. Meet the Math Drills Addition provides hours of practice so that you will be able to recall addition equations to 10+10 with rapid spe...
- 1936
The Equation X + X = 0 (1936)
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“If abstract films are really abstract films… they deal exclusively with those abstract relations that can be expressed in terms of shape and motion” wrote Robert Fairthorne in Film Art in 1936. A mathematician and information scientist, Fairthorne s...
- 1991
Theory of Sets (1991)
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Made entirely on Roger Wagner's HyperStudio software, Chris Marker explores set theory, using Noah's Ark as an example....
- 2012
The Joy of Chance (2012)
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How can you maximize your chances of living until you’re 100? Why do many of us experience spooky coincidences? Should I take an umbrella? Professor David Spiegelhalter tries to pin down what chance is as he explores the mysteries of probability. In ...