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Taking the long view [videorecording]: the life of Shiing-shen Chern/ Zala Films, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute ; produced and directed by George Paul Csicsery.

Contributor(s): Language: English, Chinese Publication details: Berkeley: MSRI, c2011.Edition: Feature edDescription: 1 videodisc (54 min.): sd., col.; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 9780982480045
  • 0982480040
Other title:
  • Life of Shiing-shen Chern
Subject(s): Online resources: Production credits:
  • Cinematography, Skip Sweeney ... [et al.] ; editor, Tal Skloot ; music composed and performed by Richard Chon.
Summary: "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. The biographical documentary follows Shiing-shen Chern through many of the most dramatic events of the 20th century, portraying a man who dedicated his life to pure mathematics with the style of a classical Chinese sage. Shiing-shen Chern (1911-2004) is considered a father of modern differential geometry."--Film websi .
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Extra features (35 min): Chern and the Gauss-Bonnet Theorem -- Chern classes -- Chern-Simons Invariant -- Moving frames -- Affine geometry -- The Chern Stone at Nankai.

Cinematography, Skip Sweeney ... [et al.] ; editor, Tal Skloot ; music composed and performed by Richard Chon.

"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. The biographical documentary follows Shiing-shen Chern through many of the most dramatic events of the 20th century, portraying a man who dedicated his life to pure mathematics with the style of a classical Chinese sage. Shiing-shen Chern (1911-2004) is considered a father of modern differential geometry."--Film websi .

DVD.

In English, with some dialogue in Chinese with English subtitles.

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