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Comment j'ai détesté les maths
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Comment j'ai détesté les maths

2013-11-27 · 103 min · ★ 5.7

Documentary · Mystery

What is striking when you talk with mathematicians is that sparkle in their eyes, and their sudden joyful voice trying to share with you a concept, a theory. They continuously use words such as invention, beauty, freedom. You then ask yourself : how such a rich language, this quasi-philosophical proposition about the world becomes rejected by a majority, 'the only discipline where one prides itself to be bad at it'!

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Directors
Olivier Peyon
Production companies
ARTE France Cinéma, Haut et Court, Zadig Productions
Countries
France
Status
Released

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Cédric Villani
François Sauvageot
Anne Siety
Jean-Pierre Bourguignon
Jean Dhombres
Jim Simons
Eitan Grispun
Robert Bryant
George Papanicolaou
Bernd Strumfels
Sri V.V.N.N.S Ram
Dave Auckly
Jill Adler
Joshua Zucker
Gert-Martin Greuel
Matteo Novaga
Giovanni Bellettini
Tal Malkin
Rocco Servedio

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