Mathematics Meets Cinema: La Figure de la Terre

Year: 2016 Authors: Osmo Pekonen; Axel Straschnoy

Core claim

The film and related screenings show that Maupertuis’s geodetic expedition can serve as a productive meeting point between science and art.

Topics

Maupertuis expedition, science and cinema, historical geography, Newtonian Earth figure

Domains

geodesy, triangulation, meridian arc measurement, film, visual art, historical reenactment

Methods

interview, historical narrative, field measurement, cinematic adaptation

Media

movie screening, book, portrait engraving

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