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!

More information about this work can be found at www.imdb.com.
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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
En busca de Klingsor (In Search of Klingsor) by Jorge Volpi
Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
The Lost Books of the Odyssey by Zachary Mason
A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines by Janna Levin
PopCo by Scarlett Thomas
Oracle by Greg Egan

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Categories:

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

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