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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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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 2015-04-15
- video_camera_front Companies GBH
- timer Runtime: 54 Mins
- star Rating: 7.8 / 10
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smart_display Cast
Jay O. Sanders
Narrator (voice)
Glenn Kalison
Actor
Max Tegmark
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Esperanza Spalding
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Sylvester James Gates
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Adam Steltzner
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Janna Levin
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Simon Schaffer
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Savas Dimopoulos
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Roger Penrose
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Stephen Wolfram
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groups Crew
Matt Norman
Original Music Composer
Kevin Young
Supervising Producer
Richard Reisz
Director
Dan McCabe
Producer
Chris Schmidt
Executive Producer
Richard Reisz
Producer
Dan McCabe
Director
Brian Truglio
Editor
Gary Henoch
Camera Operator
Guy Tetzner
Editor
Thomas Danielczik
Camera Operator
Ben Turney
Sound Recordist
Glenn Berkovitz
Sound Recordist
Steve Bores
Sound Recordist
Dan McCabe
Editor
David Keene
Sound Recordist
Caleb Mose
Sound Recordist
Cara Feinberg
Associate Producer
Mike Duffield
Sound Recordist
Leanne Dare
Art Direction
Stephen McCarthy
Camera Operator
Karinna Sjo-Gaber
Associate Producer
Peter Eason
Sound Recordist
Colin Clarke
Camera Operator
Elliott Choi
Assistant Editor
Abigail McCabe
Production Office Assistant
Ekin Akalin
Animation Director
Farley Crawford
Production Office Assistant
Linda Callahan
Production Coordinator
George Hodges
Production Manager
Danny Morgan
Production Office Assistant
Dan McCabe
Writer
Jon Gregory
Production Office Assistant
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