Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani

About Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani

Filmed in Canada, Iran, and the United States, Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani examines the life and mathematical work of Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian immigrant to the United States who became a superstar in her field. In 2014, she was both the first woman and the first Iranian to be honored by mathematics' highest prize, the Fields Medal.

Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (2020) is a documentary film directed by George Paul Csicsery. Released in January 2020, it runs 59 minutes.

Maryam Mirzakhani plays Self (archive footage).

Shelv files it under mathematics, iran, and prodigy. It streams on PBS and WETA+ in the United States.

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