Brain and Machine
1960 · 24 min · Documentary
About modeling some principles of the brain.
Directed by Semyon Raytburt · Written by V. Yaloshev
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The Mathematician and the Devil · 1972The Mathematician and the Devil
★ 7.91972
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A mathematician offers to sell his soul to the devil for a proof or disproof of Fermat's Last Theorem. Based on "The Devil and Simon Flagg" by Arthur Porges.
The Kuleshov Effect · 1969The Kuleshov Effect
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What is the Theory of Relativity? · 1964What is the Theory of Relativity?
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In a compartment of the Moscow-Novosibirsk train, a young physicist meets famous film actors. The conversation accidentally comes to Einstein, and the woman begins to explain to her fellow travelers what the theory of relativity is. The actors are incidentally on their way to the shooting of a film about physicists, but they do not understand the subject at all.
Operation «Helium» · 1991Operation «Helium»
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Who’s Behind the Wall? · 1977Who’s Behind the Wall?
1977
MovieDocumentary
The near future. A fantastic experiment using the test of the mathematician Alan Turing, in which an examiner, a human, and a robot take part. During the test, the examiner must determine who is behind the wall: a person or a thinking machine. The experiment is conducted with one goal: to find out whether a machine can think.
A Lesson in Astronomy · 1974A Lesson in Astronomy
1974
MovieDocumentary
A young man and a young woman spend the evening by the campfire. The girl asks about the starry sky and the photometric paradox, and the young man answers her with lyrical statements of great people about the infinity of the Universe. Frustrated, she rides off on a motorcycle with another young man.
The Chekhovs · 1987The Chekhovs
1987
MovieDocumentary
The film is based on the letters and memoirs of Anton Chekhov and members of his family and reconstructs the details of everyday life and of the writer's relationships with his brothers and sister.
The Ladder of Senses · 1981The Ladder of Senses
1981
MovieDocumentary
A Pushkin scholar Valentin Berestov analyzes the works of Aleksandr Pushkin. In particular, he proves that the “folk” songs in them were written by the poet himself.
Nine Letters of One Year · 1975Nine Letters of One Year
1975
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Based on the letters of Anatoly Cherepashchuk. A schoolboy from the city of Syzran writes letters to a scientist about his attempts to assemble a reflector telescope. He asks for the lenses for his observation device and in the following letters tells how the work is going. One day, with the help of his telescope, a young scientist discovers a new comet.
Physics at Half Past Nine · 1971Physics at Half Past Nine
1971
MovieDocumentary
A physicist, a director of popular-science films, and a sports fan talk about the structure of the atom between periods of a hockey game they watch on TV.
This Right, Left World · 1971This Right, Left World
1971
MovieDocumentary
Based on the book “The Ambidextrous Universe” by Martin Gardner.
An eccentric professor explains whether our idea of the symmetrical structure of the universe is still valid and invites the viewers into the world of elementary particles
The Russian Modern · 1990The Russian Modern
1990
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A detailed analysis of the triumph of the Art Nouveau style in architecture and other art forms in the Russian Empire at the turn of the 20th century.
Operation «Helium» · 1993Operation «Helium»
1993
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On the example of the history of the discovery of the "solar substance" Helium, the history of the most important discoveries in the field of physics and chemistry of the early XX century is given.
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