Illustrated conversation with Professor Lars Kristiansson

Overview

Based on the conversations Jösta Hagelbäck and Erik Ostlund had with Lars Kristiansson, a professor of information theory with data communication at Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden. The talks took place at the difficult cancer sufferer Kristiansson's sick-bed and dealt with his insights in computer technology, his hopes and fears for the new technology, the role of religion, the history of mathematics, reasoning about algebra, analytic geometry and the fourth dimension, along with cultural outlooks over the Western society's lack of mysticism and spiritual values.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 8, 1985

Original language

Swedish

Spoken languages

Swedish

Countries

Sweden

Production

Svenska Filminstitutet

Cast

Jösta Hagelbäck,Lars Kristiansson,Erik Östling

Director

Jösta Hagelbäck

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt0089328