NOVA: The Great Math Mystery (2015)
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?
Directors: Richard Reisz, Dan McCabe.
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Jay O. Sanders as Narrator (voice) |
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Glenn Kalison as Actor |
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Max Tegmark as Self |
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Esperanza Spalding as Self |
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Sylvester James Gates as Self |
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Adam Steltzner as Self |
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Janna Levin as Self |
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Simon Schaffer as Self |
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Savas Dimopoulos as Self |
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Roger Penrose as Self |
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Stephen Wolfram as Self |
| Sound | Matt Norman | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Kevin Young | Supervising Producer |
| Directing | Richard Reisz | Director |
| Production | Dan McCabe | Producer |
| Production | Chris Schmidt | Executive Producer |
| Production | Richard Reisz | Producer |
| Directing | Dan McCabe | Director |
| Editing | Brian Truglio | Editor |
| Camera | Gary Henoch | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Guy Tetzner | Editor |
| Camera | Thomas Danielczik | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Ben Turney | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Glenn Berkovitz | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Steve Bores | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Dan McCabe | Editor |
| Sound | David Keene | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Caleb Mose | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Cara Feinberg | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Mike Duffield | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Leanne Dare | Art Direction |
| Camera | Stephen McCarthy | Camera Operator |
| Production | Karinna Sjo-Gaber | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Peter Eason | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Colin Clarke | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Elliott Choi | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Abigail McCabe | Production Office Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Ekin Akalin | Animation Director |
| Crew | Farley Crawford | Production Office Assistant |
| Production | Linda Callahan | Production Coordinator |
| Production | George Hodges | Production Manager |
| Crew | Danny Morgan | Production Office Assistant |
| Writing | Dan McCabe | Writer |
| Crew | Jon Gregory | Production Office Assistant |
