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Outside In

Outside In

1994

XO8.0
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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.

TMDB8.0(2)XO8.0

Director: Silvio Levy, Delle Maxwell, Tamara Munzner

Cast: Karen McNenny, Paul de Cordova

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.