Mathematics Movies

  • 2008
    Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem

    Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem

    Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem

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    Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem features a heroine driven by the quest to solve one of the central problems of modern mathematics. She...

    Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem
  • 1994
    Outside In

    Outside In

    Outside In

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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...

    Outside In
  • 1961
    Four-Point Conics

    Four-Point Conics

    Four-Point Conics

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    An experimental mathematics film designed to elucidate the study of four-line conics.

    Four-Point Conics
  • 2020
    The Wesley Verbank Octagon

    The Wesley Verbank Octagon

    The Wesley Verbank Octagon

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    A girl goes on the computer to download a shape

    The Wesley Verbank Octagon
  • 1936
    The Equation X + X = 0

    The Equation X + X = 0

    The Equation X + X = 0

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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...

    The Equation X + X = 0
  • 2002
    If You Made a Million

    If You Made a Million

    If You Made a Million

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    Have you ever wanted to make a million dollars? Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician is ready, willing, and able to explain the nuts and bolts --...

    If You Made a Million
  • 1976
    The Mathematician

    The Mathematician

    The Mathematician

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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...

    The Mathematician
  • 2001
    Fermat's Last Tango

    Fermat's Last Tango

    Fermat's Last Tango

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    A musical fantasia based on the true encounter between mathematician Andrew Wiles and Fermat's last theorem.

    Fermat's Last Tango
  • 2020
    The Mathematics Of Change

    The Mathematics Of Change

    The Mathematics Of Change

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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...

    The Mathematics Of Change
  • 1995
    The Shape of Space

    The Shape of Space

    The Shape of Space

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    During the 1995 Summer Institute at The Geometry Center, a team of undergraduates, middle and high school mathematics teachers and Center staff...

    The Shape of Space
  • 1973
    Exponents: A Study in Generalization

    Exponents: A Study in Generalization

    Exponents: A Study in Generalization

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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...

    Exponents: A Study in Generalization
  • 2017
    Meet the Math Facts - Multiplication & Division Level 2

    Meet the Math Facts - Multiplication & Division Level 2

    Meet the Math Facts - Multiplication & Division Level 2

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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...

    Meet the Math Facts - Multiplication & Division Level 2
  • 2017
    Meet the Math Facts - Multiplication & Division Level 3

    Meet the Math Facts - Multiplication & Division Level 3

    Meet the Math Facts - Multiplication & Division Level 3

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    Meet the Math Facts Multiplication & Division Level 3 makes multiplication and division fun and easy! You will learn basic multiplication and...

    Meet the Math Facts - Multiplication & Division Level 3
  • 2017
    Meet the Math Facts - Multiplication & Division Level 1

    Meet the Math Facts - Multiplication & Division Level 1

    Meet the Math Facts - Multiplication & Division Level 1

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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...

    Meet the Math Facts - Multiplication & Division Level 1
  • 2017
    Girls Who Fell in Love with Math

    Girls Who Fell in Love with Math

    Girls Who Fell in Love with Math

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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.

    Girls Who Fell in Love with Math
  • 2012
    The Joy of Chance

    The Joy of Chance

    The Joy of Chance

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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?...

    The Joy of Chance
  • 1986
    El hipercubo

    El hipercubo

    El hipercubo

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    Based on the thesis of Alejandro Rivero and Ernesto Pacheco, this documentary attempts to glimpse, through the senses, the fourth mathematical...

    El hipercubo
  • 1990
    Not Knot

    Not Knot

    Not Knot

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    Not Knot is a guided tour into computer-animated hyperbolic space. It proceeds from the world of knots to their complementary spaces -- what's not a...

    Not Knot
  • 1987
    Letters from an Indian Clerk

    Letters from an Indian Clerk

    Letters from an Indian Clerk

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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...

    Letters from an Indian Clerk