The Clay Mathematics Institute

and

Mathematical Sciences Research Institute

Present

THE RIGHT SPIN

With Astronaut
MICHAEL FOALE

Narrated by
ROBERT OSSERMAN

(End credits)

Written and produced by
ROBERT OSSERMAN

Directed by
GEORGE PAUL CSICSERY

Cinematography
AL KLIMAS
SKIP SWEENEY

Sound Recordists
STEVE MALITO
SIGGI MATTHIASON

Editor
SKIP SWEENEY

Original music
composed and performed by
JON HERBST

Michael Foale’s appearance
courtesy of
NASA Johnson Space Center

Archival photographs and footage
courtesy of
NASA

Animation of MIR rotation
produced by
DAVE BAYER
from Michael Foale’s
Mathematica program

Credits design
BOB JOHNS

DVD authoring
MAUREEN FUTTNER
VIDEO ARTS

DVD Replication
MONACO FILM & VIDEO

Production Assistant
CAROLINE BEGHELLI

Consultants
DAVE BAYER
DAVID HOFFMAN
ROBERT LITTLEJOHN
STAN WAGON

And former astronauts
THOMAS D. AKERS
ANTHONY W. ENGLAND

Funded by

THE CLAY MATHEMATICS INSTITUTE

and

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Additional financial support from the
JOINT POLICY BOARD
FOR MATHEMATICS

a collaborative effort of the

AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION

MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS

Special thanks to

JAMES A. CARLSON
President, Clay Mathematics Institute

DAVID EISENBUD
Director, MSRI

And to the following at the
NASA Johnson Space Center

BENNY CHENEY

GAYLE FRERE

MIKE GENTRY

LINDA KENNEDY

LUCY LYTWYNSKY

NICHOLAS O’DOSEY

LOUIS PARKER

DOUG PETERSON

STEVE M. SIDES

TRISHA BROOKE SIMS

Thanks to

ALEXANDRE CHORIN

ANNETTE EMERSON

L. CRAIG EVANS

ANNE O’TOOLE
MONACO LABS

ORANGE GARAGE

JILL WOO
EYEMAGIC PRODUCTIONS, INC.

SIRIUS VIDEO

VIDEO FREE AMERICA

ZALA FILMS

Produced for
Mathematics Awareness Month
www.mathaware.org

The Right Spin ©2005 Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
All Rights Reserved

(Cards after credit roll)

MATHEMATICS AWARENESS MONTH
www.mathaware.org

THE CLAY MATHEMATICS INSTITUTE
www.claymath.org

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE
www.msri.org

JOINT POLICY BOARD FOR MATHEMATICS
www.mathaware.org/about.jpbm.html

AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
www.ams.org

AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION
www.amstat.org

MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
www.maa.org

SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS
www.siam.org

NATIONAL AERONATICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA)
www.nasa.gov

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home