Dangerous Knowledge 2 - BBC

Dangerous Knowledge - BBC

In this one-off documentary, David Malone looks at four brilliant mathematicians - Georg Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing - whose genius has profoundly affected us, but which tragically drove them insane and eventually led to them all committing suicide.

The film begins with Georg Cantor, the great mathematician whose work proved to be the foundation for much of the 20th-century mathematics. He believed he was God's messenger and was eventually driven insane trying to prove his theories of infinity.

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[cartertevin5]

Great Documentary!

[earthypig]

it's the uncomprehending and flawed human society that tortured and brought down great men like Ludwig Boltzmann and Alan Turing, not their genius. it's misleading to claim that it's their genius itself that drove them to commit suicide, without taking into account how much they were tortured and put down when they should have been praised to the highest degree and encouraged. the unspeakable torture inflicted on Alan Turing by the homophobic society was particularly unconscionable.

[cellofingers]

You can't quantify perfection. If math depends on a fixed quanity then you err in principle

[acapulco1220]

Exelente documental, una manera practica de explicar lo k en realidad es un misterio. Whaooooo

[rizhaq7]

Very gloomy and depressing....... not to mention completely not understandable!

[thyczko2]

Things that you know but can not prove we call this faith

I know there is a God and Jesus is Lord

[koryottos]

exelente muy bune documentario y eso que a la BBC le presupuesto

lo complejo de la mente y lo exacto de las matemáticas

[redsnake69]

This contribution is just wonderful. Thanks.

[StellarArcade]

so basically, keep an open mind, kids.

[WrathofWotan]

OUTSTANDING!!!