The Mathematician

Jan 1, 1976

0h 3m

★ 0.0

Overview

The salutary tale of a genius mathematician who discovers that mankind is heading for environmental disaster. Ignored by all, he sets out to prove it — however the proof, represented by “a little black box”, is taken up by those previous doubters and exploited.

Genres

Animation

Comedy

Production Companies

BFI

Imperial College

Video Animation

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Cast

Narrator

Robert Gladwell

When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.

7.3

Donald in Mathmagic Land

Jun 26, 1959

Disney used animation here to explain through this wonderful adventure of Donald how mathematics can be useful in our real life. Through this journey Donald shows us how mathematics are not just numbers and charts, but magical living things.

6.1

Sebastian

Jan 24, 1968

Sebastian is an undisciplined mathematics genius who works in the "cipher bureau" of the British Intelligence. While cracking enemy codes, Sebastian finds time to romance co-worker Rebecca Howard.

7.3

Riders of Justice

Nov 19, 2020

Markus returns home to care for his daughter when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. However, when a survivor of the wreck surfaces and claims foul play, Markus suspects his wife was murdered and embarks on a mission to find those responsible.

6.9

Antonia's Line

Sep 21, 1995

After World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Antonia's late mother has bestowed a small farm upon her. There, Antonia settles down and joins a tightly-knit but unusual community. Those around her include quirky friend Crooked Finger, would-be suitor Bas and, eventually for Antonia, a granddaughter and great-granddaughter who help create a strong family of empowered women.

0.0

Topology

Jan 2, 1969

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

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6.3

Flatland

Nov 9, 1965

A short, animated film based on Edwin Abbott's 1884 satirical novella, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions.

6.8

Alternative Math

Jul 15, 2017

A well meaning math teacher finds herself trumped by a post-fact America.

8.0

Outside In

May 15, 1994

The computer animation Outside In explains the amazing discovery, made by Steve Smale in 1957, that a sphere can be turned inside out by means of smooth motions and self-intersections. Through a combination of dialogue and exposition accessible to anyone who has some interest in mathematics, Outside In builds up to the grand finale: Bill Thurston's "corrugations" method of turning the sphere inside out.

5.2

An Invisible Sign

Oct 6, 2010

Mona Gray is a 20-year-old loner who, as a child, turned to math for salvation after her father became ill. As an adult, Mona now teaches the subject and must help her students through their own crises.

7.7

My Night at Maud's

Jun 4, 1969

The Catholic Jean-Louis runs into an old friend, the Marxist Vidal, in Clermont-Ferrand around Christmas. Vidal introduces Jean-Louis to the modestly libertine, recently divorced Maud and the three engage in conversation on religion, atheism, love, morality and Blaise Pascal's life and writings on philosophy, faith and mathematics. Jean-Louis ends up spending a night at Maud's. Jean-Louis' Catholic views on marriage, fidelity and obligation make his situation a dilemma, as he has already, at the very beginning of the film, proclaimed his love for a young woman whom, however, he has never yet spoken to.

0.0

Pırıl: Sayıların Gizemi

Oct 4, 2024

An unprecedented cloud has appeared in the sky. As a result, numbers begin to disappear one by one. İlhan, seeking revenge for the trauma he experienced in his childhood, is eliminating the numbers with the help of Biliş, whom he has brought along. As the numbers disappear, everything begins to fall apart, and daily life comes to a standstill. Pırıl and her friends embark on a thrilling adventure to solve the problem. In doing so, they discover that the root of the major issues lies in basic arithmetic and use mathematics once again to save the world from chaos.

8.0

Gifted

Apr 7, 2017

Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

7.3

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

Dec 15, 1965

Animated work detailing the unrequited love that a line has for a dot, and the heartbreak that results due to the dot's feelings for a lively squiggle.

5.9

Keluar Main 1994

Mar 28, 2024

A high school teenager named Ibo has a dream of becoming a professional soccer player. However, Ibo's dream of becoming a professional footballer did not find support from his parents.

7.0

Symmetry

Mar 22, 1961

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 Mathematica Exhibit which opened in 1961. The degree to which an object is symmetrical is illustrated by the number of different positions in which it can fit into a box of its shape.

5.5

Topology: Jordan's Curve Theorem

Mar 26, 1961

Short animated film commissioned by IBM - to illustrate Camille Jordan's concept of topology - the fact that a simple closed curve divides a plane into an inside and an outside.

7.9

The Mathematician and the Devil

Jun 6, 1972

A mathematician offers to sell his soul to the devil for a proof or disproof of Fermat's Last Theorem. Based on "The Devil and Simon Flagg" by Arthur Porges.

The Mathematician

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