© Ecole Polytechnique/CNRS Audiovisuel 1995

New shepherd's lamp (The)

Reference

207

Duration

00:28:00

Production year

1995

Versions

Original material

SD
4/3
Color
Sound

Summary

A man-made satellite streaks across the starry sky. At his window, a writer contemplates the meaning of this new celestial dancer in the timeless ballet of the universe. He mentions it to a mathematician friend, who tells an exciting story of knowledge assembled through the ages up to the present time.

Scientific topics

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