Movie Description
NOVA: The Great Math Mystery
(2015)Overview
NOVA leads viewers on a mathematical mystery tour -- a provocative exploration of math's astonishing power across the centuries. We discover math's signature in the swirl of a nautilus shell, the whirlpool of a galaxy and the spiral in the center of a sunflower. Math was essential to everything from the first wireless radio transmissions to the prediction and discovery of the Higgs boson and the successful landing of rovers on Mars. But where does math get its power? Astrophysicist and writer Mario Livio, along with a colorful cast of mathematicians, physicists and engineers, follows math from Pythagoras to Einstein and beyond, all leading to the ultimate riddle: Is math an invention or a discovery? Humankind's clever trick or the language of the universe?
Featured Crew
- Director : Dan McCabe,Richard Reisz
- Producer : Dan McCabe,Richard Reisz
- Writer : Dan McCabe
- Editor : Dan McCabe,Guy Tetzner,Brian Truglio
- Cast : Jay O. Sanders,Glenn Kalison,Max Tegmark,Esperanza Spalding,Sylvester James Gates,Adam Steltzner,Janna Levin,Simon Schaffer,Savas Dimopoulos,Roger Penrose,Stephen Wolfram
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Facts
Original TitleNOVA: The Great Math Mystery
Status Released
Release Information
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2015-04-15
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 54m
Production CompaniesGBH
Genres
- Documentary
- History
- Mystery
