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?
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| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.819 |
Directed By
Richard Reisz
Dan McCabe
Crew
Matt Norman
Kevin Young
Dan McCabe
Richard Reisz
Chris Schmidt
Richard Reisz
Dan McCabe
Brian Truglio
Dan McCabe
Mike Duffield
Guy Tetzner
David Keene
Ben Turney
Stephen McCarthy
Glenn Berkovitz
Steve Bores
Cara Feinberg
Gary Henoch
Peter Eason
Karinna Sjo-Gaber
Caleb Mose
Colin Clarke
Thomas Danielczik
Leanne Dare
George Hodges
Ekin Akalin
Linda Callahan
Elliott Choi
Abigail McCabe
Danny Morgan
Farley Crawford
Dan McCabe
Jon Gregory
TOP CAST
Jay O. Sanders
Narrator (voice)
Glenn Kalison
Actor
Max Tegmark
Self
Esperanza Spalding
Self
Adam Steltzner
Self
Janna Levin
Self
Simon Schaffer
Self
Savas Dimopoulos
Self
Roger Penrose
Self
Stephen Wolfram
Self
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