Mathematics Movies

  • 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
  • 2016
    beweistheorie I

    beweistheorie I

    beweistheorie I

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    A video puzzle using mathematical principles and prime numbers, daring the audience to decode it's journey.

    beweistheorie I
  • 2016
    Dimensions

    Dimensions

    Dimensions

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    A mathematical play on one repeated movement. It imparts a sense of possibilities: that something simple can produce complex and unexpected patterns....

    Dimensions
  • 2013
    The Joy of Logic

    The Joy of Logic

    The Joy of Logic

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    A sharp, witty, mind-expanding and exuberant foray into the world of logic with Computer Scientist Dave Cliff. Following in the footsteps of the...

    The Joy of Logic
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2012
    Tails You Win: The Science of Chance

    Tails You Win: The Science of Chance

    Tails You Win: The Science of Chance

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    Professor David Spiegelhalter tries to pin down what chance truly is and how it works in the real world. With his unique storytelling method, he...

    Tails You Win: The Science of Chance
  • 1961
    2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers

    2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers

    2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers

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    2ⁿ is a story about the exponential growth of numbers raised to powers. Part of the Mathematica Peep Shows, one of five films made to accompany...

    2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers
  • 2019
    Great Pyramid K 2019

    Great Pyramid K 2019

    Great Pyramid K 2019

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    Today we cut the granite with diamond-cut blade as is one of the most difficult rocks to cut due to its hardness.How could the egyptians, if it was...

    Great Pyramid K 2019
  • 1983
    The Occult Philosophy

    The Occult Philosophy

    The Occult Philosophy

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    An attempt to visualize a secret knowledge about the nature of man —a philo-clip—, through the use of structures of dissociated geometry...

    The Occult Philosophy
  • 1961
    Symmetry

    Symmetry

    Symmetry

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    Symmetry is one of five shorts featured in the film "Mathematical Peep Shows." The collection was made by Charles and Ray Eames for the IBM...

    Symmetry
  • 1991
    Theory of Sets

    Theory of Sets

    Theory of Sets

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    Made entirely on Roger Wagner's HyperStudio software, Chris Marker explores set theory, using Noah's Ark as an example.

    Theory of Sets
  • 1969
    Topology

    Topology

    Topology

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    One of a humorous series of films devised to explain in graphic terms the concepts of basic mathematical functions.

    Topology
  • 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
  • 2018
    Meet the Math Drills - Division

    Meet the Math Drills - Division

    Meet the Math Drills - Division

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    Meet the Math Facts videos made learning math facts fun and easy. Now it is time to practice what you have learned. Meet the Math Drills Division...

    Meet the Math Drills - Division
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1961
    Topology: Jordan's Curve Theorem

    Topology: Jordan's Curve Theorem

    Topology: Jordan's Curve Theorem

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    Short animated film commissioned by IBM - to illustrate Camille Jordan's concept of topology - the fact that a simple closed curve divides a plane...

    Topology: Jordan's Curve Theorem
  • 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
  • 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