Movie

Outside In (1994)

• May 15, 1994
• 22m

• Animation
• Documentary

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.

Directors

Silvio Levy, Delle Maxwell, Tamara Munzner

Writers

Bill Thurston, David Ben-Zvi, Delle Maxwell, Matt Headrick

Starring

Karen McNenny, Paul de Cordova