Outside In
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22mins
Directed by
Silvio Levy,
Delle Maxwell,
Tamara Munzner,
Starring
Karen McNenny,
Paul de Cordova,
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.
