Proof

And then one day I realized he wasn't reading. 425 00:27:11,389 --> 00:27:14,934 He believed aliens were sending him messages 426 00:27:15,017 --> 00:27:17,603 through the Dewey decimal numbers in the books. 427 00:27:17,687 --> 00:27:20,356 He was trying to work out the code. 428 00:27:22,358 --> 00:27:27,404 He used to shuffle around in his slippers. 429 00:27:27,489 --> 00:27:29,866 He talked to himself. 430 00:27:30,700 --> 00:27:33,077 He stank. 431 00:27:33,912 --> 00:27:39,417 I had to make sure he bathed, which was embarrassing. 432 00:27:39,501 --> 00:27:43,213 Then he started writing 19, 20 hours a day. 433 00:27:43,297 --> 00:27:48,343 I got him this huge case of notebooks. He used every one. 434 00:27:48,385 --> 00:27:50,679 I dropped out of school. 435 00:27:54,183 --> 00:27:56,769 You see, he was convinced that... 436 00:27:57,770 --> 00:28:02,232 he was writing the most beautiful, elegant proofs. 437 00:28:03,693 --> 00:28:06,028 Proofs like music. 438 00:28:12,619 --> 00:28:15,413 I'm glad he's dead. 439 00:28:19,585 --> 00:28:22,504 Catherine. Catherine. 440 00:28:36,310 --> 00:28:38,854 Catherine. 441 00:28:43,067 --> 00:28:45,527 Don't call the cops. 442 00:28:45,612 --> 00:28:48,239 I can't believe I just said that. 443 00:28:48,657 --> 00:28:52,285 No, it definitely pushed the envelope. 444 00:28:54,788 --> 00:28:57,832 - I think I need to go home. - Then I'll drive you. 445 00:28:57,916 --> 00:29:00,126 No, that's OK. I'm gonna walk. 446 00:29:00,210 --> 00:29:02,420 It's a long walk. 447 00:29:02,463 --> 00:29:04,131 Thanks. 448 00:29:16,227 --> 00:29:19,855 Their day care is excellent. We're starting to apply for preschools now, 449 00:29:19,939 --> 00:29:22,650 which locks you into a commitment. 450 00:29:23,651 --> 00:29:24,860 It does? 451 00:29:24,944 --> 00:29:27,321 - Yeah. - Yeah. 452 00:29:27,405 --> 00:29:29,782 - Do you ever miss Chicago? - No. 453 00:29:31,076 --> 00:29:32,494 I mean, uh... 454 00:29:32,577 --> 00:29:34,412 Um... 455 00:29:34,496 --> 00:29:36,456 - No. - You have the house now, though. 456 00:29:36,540 --> 00:29:40,419 You and Mitch should move back and fix it up. 457 00:29:40,502 --> 00:29:43,463 You look great. 458 00:29:43,506 --> 00:29:45,716 Claire gave it to me. 459 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,177 I... I like it. 460 00:29:48,219 --> 00:29:50,429 It doesn't really fit. 461 00:29:50,513 --> 00:29:52,097 Sure it does. 462 00:29:53,724 --> 00:29:55,308 You can't prove it. 463 00:29:55,393 --> 00:29:58,771 Well, I can try and disprove the opposite. 464 00:29:58,855 --> 00:30:01,190 I can prove that it doesn't not fit. 465 00:30:01,274 --> 00:30:02,733 How? 466 00:30:02,817 --> 00:30:05,444 I could take a vote. 467 00:30:06,488 --> 00:30:09,157 To your old man. Hell of a guy. 468 00:30:09,241 --> 00:30:10,408 Thank you. 469 00:30:10,492 --> 00:30:12,869 Too bad he went nuts. 470 00:30:12,911 --> 00:30:14,871 Hell of a guy anyway. 471 00:30:14,955 --> 00:30:17,624 - What do you do? - I'm a currency analyst. 472 00:30:17,708 --> 00:30:22,045 I probably inherited one thousandth of my father's talent. 473 00:30:22,129 --> 00:30:24,673 - Are you a mathematician? - Ooh. Christ, no. 474 00:30:24,757 --> 00:30:27,468 - Theoretical phys-physics. 475 00:30:27,551 --> 00:30:30,679 - To the physicists. - Drink up. 476 00:30:32,098 --> 00:30:33,891 When do you think they'll leave? 477 00:30:33,933 --> 00:30:37,728 No way to know. Mathematicians are insane. 478 00:30:37,770 --> 00:30:42,858 I went to this conference in Toronto last fall. I have never been so exhausted in my life. 479 00:30:42,901 --> 00:30:47,530 48 straight hours of partying, drinking, drugs, papers, lectures. 480 00:30:47,614 --> 00:30:49,657 - Drugs? - Amphetamines mostly. 481 00:30:49,741 --> 00:30:53,161 I don't. Some older guys, they're hooked. They think they need it. 482 00:30:53,245 --> 00:30:54,371 Why? 483 00:30:54,455 --> 00:30:59,543 There's this fear that your creativity peaks around 23, then it's all downhill from there. 484 00:30:59,627 --> 00:31:01,170 That's what my dad thought. 485 00:31:01,253 --> 00:31:05,841 I guess all the really original work, it's... all young guys. 486 00:31:05,925 --> 00:31:09,303 - Young guys? - No, there are some women. 487 00:31:09,387 --> 00:31:11,055 Really? Who? 488 00:31:11,097 --> 00:31:14,308 There's a woman at Stanford. I can't remember her name. 489 00:31:14,392 --> 00:31:16,060 Sophie Germain? 490 00:31:16,144 --> 00:31:21,482 Yeah. I think I've seen her at meetings, but I don't think I've ever met her. 491 00:31:21,566 --> 00:31:24,735 She was born in Paris in 1776. 492 00:31:25,487 --> 00:31:28,406 Then I've definitely never met her. 493 00:31:30,284 --> 00:31:32,828 Ah, I'm... Sophie Germain. 494 00:31:32,911 --