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Outside In

Outside In

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 15, 1995

Runtime

0h 22m

Genres

Animation, Documentary, Family

User Score

80%

Original Title

Outside In

Production Companies

The Geometry Center

Director

Silvio Levy

Description

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.