Alpha

Alpha

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1972

Runtime

0h 1m

Genres

Animation

Original Title

Alpha

Director

Charles Eames

Description

One of a series of three films on mathematics conceived and produced by the Eames Office with Ray Redheffer, professor of Mathematics at UCLA. A stop-motion animation film, it begins with an algebraic expression, elaborates on it, and then reduces it to its original form. Told without narration, the film was designed to be supplemented with the explanation of the classroom teacher. Columbus International Film Festival Bronze Chris Plaque Award-C, 1975.