Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Written and directed by Matthew Brown, The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016) is the true story of friendship that forever changed mathematics. In 1913, Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel), a self-taught Indian mathematics genius, traveled to Trinity College, Cambridge, where over the course of five years, forged a bond with his mentor, the brilliant and eccentric professor, G.H. Hardy (Jeremy... Learn more

Before a computer became an inanimate object and before Sputnik changed the course of history, before the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education established that separate was in fact not equal, and before the poetry of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech rang out over the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, a group of black women working at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical... Learn more

This event features a livestream of the following film and television programming, hosted by Dr. David Eisenbud (Mathematical Sciences Research Institute) and Ralph Bouquet (NOVA Education). NOVA Programming Predication by the Numbers ... Learn more

Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (2020) Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface examines the life and mathematical work of Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian immigrant to the United States who became a superstar in her field. In 2014, she was both the first woman and the first Iranian to be honored by... Learn more

A dreamy boy finds math in the world around him, in this 17-minute film by Monika Hennig. The film will be introduced by a representative from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, who supported its production. See scienceandfilm.org for more Sloan Science Shorts! Learn more

Come to the movies! Your hosts will be mathematicians from around the country. These short film clip presentations will range from the physics of football, to the math behind movie animation, to a chance to meet winning filmmakers from the National Science Foundation-sponsored “We Are Mathematics” contest. Check out individual listings for more details. Age ranges vary by listing. Bring your... Learn more