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People who do and use mathematics often have fascinating
stories and adventures to tell related to their work; and partly because their
work itself is often hard for non-mathematicians to comprehend, these stories
can have a special interest. Sometimes
mathematicians' experiences are as unusual as those of the homeless but
much-loved and celebrated Paul Erdos; sometimes their adventures are as unusual
as astronaut Michael Foale's rescuing of the Mir space station.
As part of MSRI's commitment to telling the story of
mathematics, we have produced a number of films about mathematicians; many have
been directed by George Csicsery, whose first film about a mathematician,
"N is a Number", has become a classic.
Please see the list of films below that are for sale or viewable on
our web site. We think that each has something interesting for mathematicians
and non-mathematicians alike! We hope you'll watch some -- and enjoy them.
--David Eisenbud, Director
The following films are for sale as DVD's:
Counting from Infinity - Bonus Material - Click here to view bonus material recorded during the production of Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture.
This page also contains links to special events and
lectures that are not part of any Programs or Workshops. For streaming
videos and other media of our regular workshops, please visit
our main video page at http://www.msri.org/web/msri/online-videos
Streaming Video and Media Files
An Introduction to MSRI
Older Films
New Horizons in Undergraduate Mathematics
Critical Issues in Mathematics Education
Symposium on Global Warming: From Global Predictions to
Local Action
MSRI Biology Colloquium
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For a listing of all talks and their videos for our
Biology Colloquium series, please see the main Biology Colloquium
page
Other Special Events and Lectures
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October 26, 2014 - Celebration of Mind
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April 25, 2014 - Barry Mazur: A Lecture On Primes
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Dec 17, 2013 - Cédric Villani: Of triangles, gas, prices and men
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October 3, 2011 - Bob Osserman and James Simons, From
Math to Market and Back: A conversation with James Simons,
founder of the fabled Medallion Fund Simons
interview
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June 2, 2010 - Opening Program of the Joint Meeting of
the AMS & SMM, American
Mathematical Society & Sociedad Matemática Mexicana
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January 26, 2008 - Christopher Taylor, David Benson,
Robert Osserman, MSRI
25th Anniversary Special Event: Christopher Taylor in
conversation with David Benson and Robert Osserman
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January 17, 2008 - Alan Alda and Robert Osserman, M*A*T*H:
Alan Alda in conversation with Bob Osserman
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May 17 to May 18, 2007 - Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory presents Gulliver
Multiscale Bioimaging Workshop
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March 25, 2006 - Robbert Dijkgraaf, The
quantum geometry of string theory
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March 6, 2006 - Sir Roger Penrose, Twistor
Theory, Old and New
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March 5, 2006 - Sir Roger Penrose, Fashion,
Faith and Fantasy in Modern Physical Theory
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March 3, 2006 - Chern Hall Dedication, Matmos in Concert,
A
Musical Enigma; Matmos Meets Turing
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March 2, 2006 - Sir Roger Penrose, Simons
Auditorium Inaugural Lecture: Before the Big Bang
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September 22, 2005 - Richard Tapia, A
Lifetime of Diversity: Challenges, Successes and Rewards
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September 22, 2005 - Richard Tapia, On
Sizing and Shifting the BFGS Update within the Sized-Broyden
Family of Secant Updates
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March 19, 1997 - T.Y. Lam, Irving Kaplansky, Tom Lehrer
and others, Irving
"Kap" Kaplansky's 80th Birthday Celebration
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December 1994 - Bernd Sturmfels, Twenty-First Holiday
Symposium: Gröbner Bases and Convex Polytopes
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July 28, 1993 - Fermat's
Last Theorem - The Theorem and Its Proof: An Exploration of
Issues and Ideas
Committee on Academic Sponsors Day
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