NOVA: The Great Math Mystery

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NOVA: The Great Math Mystery (2015)

Directed by Richard Reisz, Dan McCabe

Documentary, History, Mystery · 54m

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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Cast

Jay O. Sanders Narrator (voice) Glenn Kalison Actor
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Max Tegmark Self Esperanza Spalding Self Sylvester James Gates Self
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Adam Steltzner Self Janna Levin Self
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Simon Schaffer Self
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Savas Dimopoulos Self Roger Penrose Self
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Stephen Wolfram Self

Crew

Director
Richard Reisz, Dan McCabe
Writer
Dan McCabe
Original Music Composer
Matt Norman
Editor
Brian Truglio, Guy Tetzner, Dan McCabe
Producer
Dan McCabe, Richard Reisz

Details

Release date
2015-04-15
Runtime
54m
Genres
Documentary, History, Mystery
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
GBH