Documentary Genre: Math Documentary
Can we experience the infinite? The world’s most modern scientists and mathematicians embark on a
NOVA leads viewers on a mathematical mystery tour — a provocative exploration of math’s astonishing
A 44-minute interview with mathematician Paul Halmos that touches on the Moore Method, becoming a
A look at fractal geometry, and how it is found just about everywhere in everything,
Between the Folds chronicles the stories of ten fine artists and intrepid theoretical scientists who
Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: TheMathematical Vision of
A film about the life and work of the cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, who despite his
A Brilliant Madness is a PBS American Experience documentary on the life of mathematician John
Taking the Long View: The Life of Shiing-shen Chern (2011) examines the life of a
Co-produced by the BBC and presented by Oxford professor Marcus du Sautoy, “The Story of
When France surrendered in 1940, and German soldiers showed up in the Vosgian village of
A Journey Through the Mathematical Theory of Braidsnis divided into four chapters, each of about
Hard Problems is a feature documentary about the extraordinarily gifted students who represented the United
Beautiful Young Minds was a documentary first shown at the BRITDOC Festival on 26 July
From Jos Leys, Étienne Ghys and Aurélien Alvarez, the makers of Dimensions, comes CHAOS, a
A one-hour biographical documentary, Julia Robinson and Hilbert’s Tenth Problem tells the story of an
Without us noticing, modern life has been taken over. Algorithms run everything from search engines
JOURNEY INTO INFINITY is a portrait of the Dutch artist, M.C Escher, and an exploration
Codebreaker tracks Alan Turing’s extraordinary accomplishments, government persecution, and his tragic death in 1954. In
Arthur C. Clarke presents this unusual documentary on the mathematical discovery of the Mandelbrot Set
To most people math appears abstract, mysterious. Complicated. Inaccessible. But math is nothing but a
N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdős is a 1993 biographical documentary about