MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

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Sekret Enigmy (1979)
Roman Wionczek
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Although Alan Turing tends to get much of the credit for breaking the Nazi "Enigma" codes during World War II, three Polish mathematicians did preliminary work that (depending on who you ask) either equally brilliant and important or even more so. This film tells their story, featuring some real acts of heroism.

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Works Similar to Sekret Enigmy
According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
  1. Enigma by Robert Harris / Tom Stoppard
  2. Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
  3. The Cypher Bureau by Eilidh McGinness
  4. The Company of Strangers by Robert Wilson
  5. Infinity by Patricia Broderick
  6. The Imitation Game by Morten Tyldum (director) / Graham Moore (screenplay)
  7. The Amber Shadows by Lucy Ribchester
  8. Sebastian by David Greene (director)
  9. The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
  10. The Number of Love (The Codebreakers) by Roseanna M. White
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Categories:
GenreHistorical Fiction, Adventure/Espionage,
MotifCool/Heroic Mathematicians, Real Mathematicians, War, Alan Turing,
TopicComputers/Cryptography,
MediumFilms,

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Exciting News: The 1,600th entry was recently added to this database of mathematical fiction! Also, for those of you interested in non-fictional math books let me (shamelessly) plug the recent release of the second edition of my soliton theory textbook.

(Maintained by Alex Kasman, College of Charleston)