watch: white house hosts panel with jeremy irons and mathematicians on math and the movies posted on oct 28, 2016 jeremy irons as g.h. hardy in <u+201c>the man who knew infinity.<u+201d> 




<u+201c>the man who knew infinity<u+201d> is a 2015 film about the life of srinivasa ramanujan, a prominent mathematician in the early 20th century. 




ramanujan was born poor in india and rose to prominence at cambridge university during world war i with the guidance of his mentor, g.h. hardy. 




academy award-winning actor jeremy irons plays hardy in the film , and many of the contributions ramanujan made to mathematics still impact us today. 




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on friday, the white house hosts a panel discussion on the role of storytelling, cinema, and media in disseminating science and mathematics. the panel discussion features the following people: 




jeremy irons , actor, <u+201c>the man who knew infinity<u+201d> dj patil , u.s. chief data scientist jo handelsman , associate director for science, white house office of science and technology policy knatokie ford , senior policy advisor, white house office of science and technology policy france c<u+00f3>rdova , director, national science foundation andrea hairston , mathematician, national security agency ken ono , professor of mathematics at emory university, founder of spirit of ramanujan initiative 




watch the panel below.
watch: white house hosts panel with jeremy irons and mathematicians on math and the movies
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