MathFiction: Sebastian (David Greene (director))

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Sebastian (1968)

David Greene (director)
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A film about a British mathematician trying to break the German codes during World War II. (So, add this to the growing list of works of mathematical fiction inspired by Alan Turing!) I must admit that I have not yet seen the film, but you've got to love its tagline:

(quoted from Sebastian)

We can't tell you what he does (it's an international secret) but he does it with 100 girls... and does it the best!

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Works Similar to Sebastian

According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Enigma by Robert Harris / Tom Stoppard
The Company of Strangers by Robert Wilson
Sekret Enigmy by Roman Wionczek
The Amber Shadows by Lucy Ribchester
The Cypher Bureau by Eilidh McGinness
The Imitation Game by Morten Tyldum (director) / Graham Moore (screenplay)
En busca de Klingsor (In Search of Klingsor) by Jorge Volpi
Decoded by Mai Jia
The Number of Love (The Codebreakers) by Roseanna M. White

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Categories:

Genre	Historical Fiction, Adventure/Espionage,
Motif	War, Turing,
Topic	Computers/Cryptography,
Medium	Films,

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