Outside In

Name: Outside In
Genre: Animation, Documentary
Released: 1994-05-15
Duration: 22 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Karen McNenny, Paul de Cordova

8.0 (2)1994-05-1522m

AnimationDocumentary

Overview

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.