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Taking the Long View: The Life of Shing-shen Chern

by George CSICSERY

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Original title : Taking the Long View: The Life of Shing-shen Chern

Director : George CSICSERY

Production : Zala Films

Duration : 54 Minutes

Year : 2011

Original version : English

Subtitled version : Mandarin

Synopsis

Taking the Long View examines the life of a remarkable mathematician whose formidable mathematical contributions were matched by an approach and vision that helped build bridges between China and the West.

This biographical documentary follows Shiing-shen Chern, the father of modern differential geometry and one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, through many of the most dramatic historical events, portraying a man who dedicated his life to pure mathematics with the style of a classical Chinese sage.

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