NOVA: The Great Math Mystery
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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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Cast
11 people
Jay O. Sanders
Narrator (voice)
Known for
Green Lantern
Sneaky Pete
Glenn Kalison
Actor
Known for
Mystery Team
Max Tegmark
Self
Also in
Chasing Utopia
Esperanza Spalding
Self
Known for
Miles Ahead
Sylvester James Gates
Self
Adam Steltzner
Self
Janna Levin
Self
Simon Schaffer
Self
Savas Dimopoulos
Self
Roger Penrose
Self
Known for
A Brief History of Time
Stephen Wolfram
Self
Dan McCabe Director · Richard Reisz Director Matt Norman Composer
United States release April 15, 2015 · Produced in United States
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GBH
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
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United States · April 15, 2015
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France
January 15, 2016 · TV · Arte
Germany
January 15, 2016 · TV · Arte
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