Illustrated conversation with Professor Lars Kristiansson

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Illustrated conversation with Professor Lars Kristiansson (1985)

Directed by Jösta Hagelbäck

Documentary · 2h 03m

Based on the conversations Jösta Hagelbäck and Erik Ostlund had with Lars Kristiansson, a professor of information theory with data communication at Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden. The talks took place at the difficult cancer sufferer Kristiansson's sick-bed and dealt with his insights in computer technology, his hopes and fears for the new technology, the role of religion, the history of mathematics, reasoning about algebra, analytic geometry and the fourth dimension, along with cultural outlooks over the Western society's lack of mysticism and spiritual values.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Jösta Hagelbäck
Editor
Lasse Summanen

Details

Original title
Illustrerat samtal med professor Lars Kristiansson
Release date
1985-02-08
Runtime
2h 03m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
SV
Spoken languages
Swedish
Countries
Sweden
Production
Svenska Filminstitutet