Name Perelman now known to all . Over the past few years it has become a favorite hero of the yellow press . About him write poems and stories . Read the hidden camera . Still - after all , this strange man gave up a million dollars !
And somewhere in the back of general interest it is important - that this mathematician has done for science of the XXI century and why his discovery estimated at that kind of money ?
In 2002, St. Petersburg mathematician Grigori Perelman proved the Poincaré conjecture - one of the most mysterious geometric problems of the twentieth century . This event could be a sensation only to a narrow circle of professionals. But the promised American Mathematical Institute of Clay reward of one million dollars has brought society to mind .
And here's the rub - the winner turned out to be more complicated than the hypothesis itself . Rather than rest on his laurels , he slammed the door of the house and refused to tell anyone . And his silence lasted for 10 years .
For the first time in the domestic screen of Perelman told the people who knew him long before this whole story , who know the true value of his character and his intelligence. They know that Grisha sophisticated yet know why ...
This film - the first serious attempt on the television to find out what the storm driven this man and what he did for the Russian and world science . And the conclusion , why Perelman did not take a million , the viewer will have made myself ...