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Dangerous Knowledge

Posted by AngryParrot On 2007-09-06 3 comments

As a computer scientist, I've really been enjoying this BBC documentary on four very famous mathematicians:  Georg Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, Kurt Godel, and Alan Turing.  The common thread between these individuals is alluded to by the title of the documentary, "Dangerous Knowledge" -- the monumental and revolutionary discoveries that these people made ultimately drove them to insanity and suicide.  While this is not entirely accurate, the documentary is nonetheless fascinating.   It's long, at 90min, but in my opinion, worth watching.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Something you have on DVD and would allow me to "backup" for safe off-site redundant storage? Or perhaps in a torrential format, not to mince words.

AngryParrot said...

The title link takes you directly to the Google Video which you can watch in its entirety.

Unknown said...

Ah, damn title links!