Documentaries about mathematics and mathematicians

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I have watched "Fermat's last theorem" a documentary about Andrew Wiles proof of the theorem, it was a great show. and i am asking if there is some other good documentaries about mathematics and mathematicians out there (not movies).

possible duplicate of List of Interesting Math Videos/ Documentaries (and also of http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/111159/documentary-of-mathematics which was closed as a duplicate. Evidently a popular topic!) — Steven Stadnicki, Jul 09 '12 at 18:00

Old John · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-09T17:58:35.427

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I would definitely recommend "N is a NUMBER". I enjoyed it immensely as a portrayal of the curious and fascinating life of Paul Erdős.

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I liked documentary named "Dangerous Knowledge" about four brilliant mathematicians – Georg Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing.

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link – Raymond Manzoni Jul 09 '12 at 18:19

Documentaries about mathematics and mathematicians

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