How I Came to Hate Math

Name: How I Came to Hate Math
Director: Olivier Peyon
Released: 2013

Olivier Peyon 2013

So math has always bored you, you’ve always accepted you were bad at it. In short, you’ve always hated math! It would be laughable if math hadn’t become of such paramount importance in our world: Apple, Google, Goldman Sachs are all based on algorithms and mathematical formulas. How is it that mathematics still holds such disfavor even as it now runs the world?
Taking us on a journey around the world to meet the greatest mathematicians, notably Cédric Villani (2010 Fields Medal award), “How I Came to Hate Math” tells the story of how mathematics has changed our world for the better… and sometimes for the worse.

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Running Time:

100 min.

Spoken Languages:

English, French

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Olivier Peyon

Producers:

Laurence Petit, Carole Scotta, Bruno Nahon

Cinematographers:

Alexis Kavyrchine

Editors:

Tina Baz, Fabrice Rouaud

Production Companies:

Haut et Court

Festival Participation

Bergen IFF - 2014
Gullugen Award
World of knowledge IFF - 2014
Savva Kulish Fund Award

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