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2. List of films about mathematicians - Wikipedia

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   Biographical films based on real-life mathematicians: Agora (2009) – The life of the mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Hypatia ( Rachel Weisz ), directed by Alejandro Amenábar . A Beautiful Mind (2001) – A fictional account based loosely on the life of mathematician John Nash ( Russell Crowe ), who made a breakthrough that wins ...

3. Category:Films about mathematics - Wikipedia

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   This category is intended to contain films which either feature mathematicians or have some mathematical content. See also the categories Fictional mathematicians , Fiction about cryptography , Films about educators , and Biographical films about mathematicians

4. The Man Who Knew Infinity - Wikipedia

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   At the turn of the twentieth century, Srinivasa Ramanujan is a struggling and indigent citizen in the city of Madras in India working at menial jobs at the edge of poverty. . While performing his menial labour, his employers notice that he seems to have exceptional skills in mathematics and they begin to make use of him for rudimentary accounting tas

5. A Beautiful Mind (film) - Wikipedia

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   A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical drama film about the mathematician John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics, played by Russell Crowe.The film is directed by Ron Howard based on a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman, who adapted the 1998 biography by Sylvia Nasar.

6. Time's All-Time 100 Movies - Wikipedia

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   Time's All-Time 100 Movies is a list compiled by Time magazine of the 100 "greatest" films that were released between March 3, 1923—when the first issue of Time was published—and early 2005, when the list was compiled. [1]

7. Proof (2005 film) - Wikipedia

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   In 2006, mathematician Daniel Ullman wrote: "Of [the first] three films, Proof is the one that most realistically illustrates the world of mathematics and mathematicians." Ullman praised the director too: "Madden should be credited with capturing the feeling of the mathematical world."

8. Travelling Salesman (2012 film) - Wikipedia

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   Travelling Salesman is a 2012 intellectual thriller film about four mathematicians who solve the P versus NP problem, one of the most challenging mathematical problems in history. The title refers to the travelling salesman problem, an optimization problem that acts like a key to solving other difficult mathematical problems. It has been proven ...

9. Fermat's Room - Wikipedia

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   Fermat's Room (Spanish: La habitación de Fermat) is a 2007 Spanish thriller film directed by Luis Piedrahita and Rodrigo Sopeña.Three mathematicians and one inventor are invited to a house under the premise of solving a great enigma, and told to use pseudonyms based on famous historical mathematicians.