Turning a Sphere Inside Out

Turning a Sphere Inside Out 1979 Released

Directed by Nelson Max

Documentary · 22 min

 

Turning a Sphere Inside Out 1979 Released

Directed by Nelson Max

Documentary · 22 min

 

Unfolding the impossible: turning a sphere inside out, without a single crease.

This video is about the problem of turning a sphere inside out, by passing the surface through itself, without making any holes or creases. Mathematicians believed the problem to be unsolvable until 1958, when Stephen Smale proved otherwise. The motion of turning a sphere inside out, called a regular homotopy, is extremely difficult to visualize. The homotopy in this film was developed by Bernard Morin, a blind mathematician. The motion... see more

Unfolding the impossible: turning a sphere inside out, without a single crease.

This video is about the problem of turning a sphere inside out, by passing the surface through itself, without making any holes or creases. Mathematicians believed the problem to be unsolvable until 1958, when Stephen Smale proved otherwise. The motion of turning a sphere inside out, called a regular homotopy, is extremely difficult to visualize. The homotopy in this film was developed by Bernard Morin, a blind mathematician. The motion... see more
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RELEASED
Jan 1, 1979
COUNTRY
US
LANGUAGE
EN
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English
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