Funny numbers [videorecording] : an evening with Steve Martin in conversation with Bob Osserman / the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in association with City Arts & Lectures presents ; conceived, designed and produced by Mathematical Sciences Research Institute ; special projects director, Bob Osserman ; director, Audrey Ichinose.
Steve Martin, Bob Osserman, Robin Williams. Recorded live December 15, 2002 at Herbst Theatre, San Francisco.
Summary:
"Author and actor Steve Martin chatted with mathematician Robert Osserman of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) in Berkeley on December 15, 2002 at San Francisco's Herbst Theatre. They discussed literature and mathematics, why two banjos are like one slide rule, and whether we really know what pi is. Steve Martin read and enacted excerpts from his works, reminisced about his work for the Smothers Brothers, and discussed the authors who influenced him. The hilarity of this event as it spins out of control has to be seen (on this videotape) to be believed!"--container.
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