Mathematics Movies

  • 2020
    The Wesley Verbank Octagon

    The Wesley Verbank Octagon

    The Wesley Verbank Octagon

    52020HD

    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
  • 2001
    Fermat's Last Tango

    Fermat's Last Tango

    Fermat's Last Tango

    02001HD

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

    Fermat's Last Tango
  • 2009
    Basketball and Mathematics

    Basketball and Mathematics

    Basketball and Mathematics

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    Jérôme and Cédric play basketball in the same team at school and are best friends. Jérôme also gives Cédric...

    Basketball and Mathematics
  • 1989
    The Beauty and Complexity of the Mandelbrot Set

    The Beauty and Complexity of the Mandelbrot Set

    The Beauty and Complexity of the Mandelbrot Set

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    A video by doctor John Hubbard discussing the origin, characteristics, and applications of the Mandelbrot set and other iterative sets.

    The Beauty and Complexity of the Mandelbrot Set
  • 2007
    Achieving the Unachievable

    Achieving the Unachievable

    Achieving the Unachievable

    52007HD

    M.C. Escher is among the most intriguing of artists. In 1956 he challenged the laws of perspective with his graphic Print Gallery and his uncompleted...

    Achieving the Unachievable
  • 1999
    Metamorphose: M.C. Escher, 1898-1972

    Metamorphose: M.C. Escher, 1898-1972

    Metamorphose: M.C. Escher, 1898-1972

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    A documentary about the life and works of the artist M. C. Escher. Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) usually referred to as M. C. Escher, was a...

    Metamorphose: M.C. Escher, 1898-1972
  • 2019
    Great Pyramid K 2019

    Great Pyramid K 2019

    Great Pyramid K 2019

    82019HD

    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
  • 2016
    Dimensions

    Dimensions

    Dimensions

    02016HD

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

    Dimensions
  • 2024
    The Most Brilliant Human Mind - John von Neumann

    The Most Brilliant Human Mind - John von Neumann

    The Most Brilliant Human Mind - John von Neumann

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    John von Neumann, one of the most incredible Hungarian-born scientists of all time, was named Man of the Century by the Financial Times in 1999. ...

    The Most Brilliant Human Mind - John von Neumann
  • 1961
    Symmetry

    Symmetry

    Symmetry

    7.51961HD

    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
  • 2016
    Eliyahu Rips: The Burning

    Eliyahu Rips: The Burning

    Eliyahu Rips: The Burning

    02016HD

    In April 1969 Ilya (Eliyahu) Rips, then a young student of mathematics, tried to burn himself in a public square in Riga, Latvia protesting against...

    Eliyahu Rips: The Burning
  • 1987
    Curriculum vitae

    Curriculum vitae

    Curriculum vitae

    51987HD

    An artistic animated short showing the life in secondary school.

    Curriculum vitae
  • 1969
    Topology

    Topology

    Topology

    01969HD

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

    Topology
  • 2012
    La Costante di Archimede

    La Costante di Archimede

    La Costante di Archimede

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    La Costante di Archimede
  • 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
    Miyamoto and the Machine: The Story of KenKen

    Miyamoto and the Machine: The Story of KenKen

    Miyamoto and the Machine: The Story of KenKen

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    Ten years ago, Tetsuya Miyamoto had a dream to change the world through puzzles. In his classroom in Yokohama, KenKen was born. Enter a world where...

    Miyamoto and the Machine: The Story of KenKen
  • 1987
    Letters from an Indian Clerk

    Letters from an Indian Clerk

    Letters from an Indian Clerk

    01987HD

    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
  • 2012
    Tails You Win: The Science of Chance

    Tails You Win: The Science of Chance

    Tails You Win: The Science of Chance

    72012HD

    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
  • 2008
    Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem

    Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem

    Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem

    02008HD

    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