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The Mathematician
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The Mathematician

1976-01-01 · 3 min · Not rated

Animation · Comedy

The salutary tale of a genius mathematician who discovers that mankind is heading for environmental disaster. Ignored by all, he sets out to prove it — however the proof, represented by “a little black box”, is taken up by those previous doubters and exploited.

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Directors
Stan Hayward
Production companies
BFI, Imperial College, Video Animation
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

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Robert GladwellNarrator

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