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NOVA: The Great Math Mystery

2015 54 min ★ 7.8 (5) Released
Documentary History Mystery

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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NOVA: The Great Math Mystery
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Cast 6
Jay O. Sanders

Jay O. Sanders

Narrator (voice)

Glenn Kalison

Glenn Kalison

Actor

Esperanza Spalding

Esperanza Spalding

Self

Sylvester James Gates

Sylvester James Gates

Self

Janna Levin

Janna Levin

Self

Roger Penrose

Roger Penrose

Self

Crew 2
Danny Morgan

Danny Morgan

Production Office Assistant

Chris Schmidt

Chris Schmidt

Executive Producer

Gallery 7
US Release Dates 1

Apr 15, 2015

NR TV

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