Film · Animation, Documentary

Outside In (1994)

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.

Director

Silvio Levy, Delle Maxwell, Tamara Munzner

Writers

Bill Thurston, David Ben-Zvi, Delle Maxwell

Country

United States

Language

English

Release date

May 15, 1994