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List Of Films About Mathematicians
This is a list of feature films and documentaries that include mathematicians, scientists who use math or references to mathematicians. About mathematics Films where mathematics is central to the plot: * '' 21'' (2008) – A group of current and former MIT students, mostly mathematicians, and an algebra professor devise a card counting scheme for success at Las Vegas Strip blackjack tables. * '' The Bank'' (2001) – A mathematician discovers a formula to predict fluctuations in the stock market. * ''Cube'' (1997) – Six people, including Leaven, a math student, awake in a deathtrap based on mathematical principles. * '' Fermat's Room'' (2007) – 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. At the house, they are trapped in a room. They must solve puzzles given by the host, who calls himself "Fermat", in order to escape the slowly closing walls of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathematicians
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History One of the earliest known mathematicians was Thales of Miletus (); he has been hailed as the first true mathematician and the first known individual to whom a mathematical discovery has been attributed. He is credited with the first use of deductive reasoning applied to geometry, by deriving four corollaries to Thales's theorem. The number of known mathematicians grew when Pythagoras of Samos () established the Pythagorean school, whose doctrine it was that mathematics ruled the universe and whose motto was "All is number". It was the Pythagoreans who coined the term "mathematics", and with whom the study of mathematics for its own sake begins. The first woman mathematician recorded by history was Hypatia of Alexandria ( – 415). She succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Damon
Matthew Paige Damon ( ; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was ranked among ''Forbes'' most bankable stars in 2007, and in 2010 was one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. He has received various List of awards and nominations received by Matt Damon, awards and nominations, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for three British Academy Film Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards. Damon made his acting debut in the film ''Mystic Pizza'' (1988) before gaining prominence in 1997 when he and Ben Affleck wrote and starred in ''Good Will Hunting'', which won them the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. He established himself as a leading man by starring as Tom Ripley in ''The Talented Mr. Ripley (film), The Talented Mr. Ripley'' (1999), Jason Bourne in the Bourne (franchise), ''Bourne'' franchise (2002–2007; 2016), and Linus Caldw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldbach's Conjecture
Goldbach's conjecture is one of the oldest and best-known list of unsolved problems in mathematics, unsolved problems in number theory and all of mathematics. It states that every even and odd numbers, even natural number greater than 2 is the sum of two prime numbers. The conjecture has been shown to hold for all integers less than but remains unproven despite considerable effort. History Origins On 7 June 1742, the Prussian mathematician Christian Goldbach wrote a letter to Leonhard Euler (letter XLIII), in which he proposed the following conjecture: Goldbach was following the now-abandoned convention of Prime number#Primality of one, considering 1 to be a prime number, so that a sum of units would be a sum of primes. He then proposed a second conjecture in the margin of his letter, which implies the first: Euler replied in a letter dated 30 June 1742 and reminded Goldbach of an earlier conversation they had had (""), in which Goldbach had remarked that the first of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ella Rumpf
Ella Rumpf (born 4 February 1995) is a Swiss actress, best known for her role as Alexia in the 2016 horror drama film '' Raw'', which won the Sutherland Trophy at the 2016 BFI London Film Festival. Her other notable roles include, critical acclaimed Tiger in '' Tiger Girl'' (2017) and Hanna in '' The Divine Order'' (2017), the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. Life and career Ella Rumpf was born in Paris and grew up in Zurich, Switzerland. Her father is a psychotherapist and her mother a lecturer. Rumpf went to the Steiner school and had her first taste of acting by winning the lead role in ''Romeo and Juliet'' at 14. She appeared in her debut film at age 16 called ' in 2011 directed by Friederike Jehn. Rumpf won the role of Ali in the multi-award-winning feature film ''War'' (''Chrieg''), by Simon Jaquemet in 2014 and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Swiss Film Awards. She shaved her head for the role. She attended the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marguerite's Theorem
''Marguerite's Theorem'' () is 2023 French-Swiss drama film co-written and directed by . It is about a female mathematics student at ENS whose career is upended when an error is discovered in her work. It premiered on 22 May 2023 at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. It was distributed in France on 1 November 2023. Synopsis Marguerite is a young and brilliant mathematician, the only girl in her class at the ENS, entirely devoted to her passion. The day an error is discovered in her thesis, she is devastated. In a dizzy spell, she leaves the school, wiping out the past. She then dives into the real world, discovers autonomy, befriends the young Noa, and has sex for the first time. Matured by her experiences, it is in this new momentum that she manages to find a correct proof of her theorem. Cast *Ella Rumpf as Marguerite Hoffmann *Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Laurent Werner, her thesis director *Clotilde Courau as Suzanne * as Lucas Savelli *Sonia Bonny as Noa *Cheng Xiaoxing (credite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Alba
Jessica Marie Alba ( ; born April 28, 1981) is an American actress and businesswoman. She began her acting career at age 13 in ''Camp Nowhere'', followed up by ''The Secret World of Alex Mack'' (both 1994), and rose to prominence at age 19 as the lead actress of the television series ''Dark Angel (American TV series), Dark Angel'' (2000–2002), for which she received a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe nomination. Her big screen breakthrough came in ''Honey (2003 film), Honey'' (2003). She soon established herself as a Cinema of the United States, Hollywood actress, and has starred in numerous box office hits throughout her career, including ''Fantastic Four (2005 film), Fantastic Four'' (2005), ''Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer'' (2007), ''Good Luck Chuck'' (2007), ''The Eye (2008 film), The Eye'' (2008), ''Valentine's Day (2010 film), Valentine's Day'' (2010), ''Little Fockers'' (2010), and ''Mechanic: Resurrection'' (2016). She is a frequent collaborator with dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Invisible Sign
''An Invisible Sign'' is a 2010 American drama film directed by Marilyn Agrelo and starring Jessica Alba, Chris Messina, John Shea and J. K. Simmons. Based on the 2001 novel ''An Invisible Sign of My Own'' by Aimee Bender, the film is about a painfully withdrawn young woman who, as a child, turned to math for comfort after her father became ill, and now as an adult, teaches the subject and must help her students through their own crises. The film received negative reviews from critics and grossed $51,138 at the box office. Plot Mona Gray systematically withdraws from life into a world of mathematics after a mysterious mental illness leaves her father incapacitated and a shell of his former self. Forced by her mother to move out on her own, Mona gets a job as a math teacher at an elementary school. There she discovers she has an unorthodox talent for teaching and finds herself thrust back into life again, with children to care for, and a reason to live. Mona takes special inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg Ryan
Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra (born November 19, 1961), known by her stage name Meg Ryan, is an American actress. Known for her leading roles as quirky, charismatic women since the late 1980s, Ryan is particularly recognized for her work in romantic comedies, a genre she dominated during the 1980s and 1990s. Dubbed "America's Sweetheart" by the media, she became one of Hollywood's most bankable stars of the latter decade. She made her acting debut in 1981 in the drama film ''Rich and Famous''. She joined the cast of the CBS soap opera ''As the World Turns'' in 1982. In the 1980s, Ryan appeared in ''Top Gun'' (1986), ''Promised Land'' (1987), and the Rob Reiner-directed romantic comedy '' When Harry Met Sally...'' (1989), for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination. A prolific actress through the 1990s and 2000s, Ryan starred in '' Joe Versus the Volcano'' (1990), ''The Doors'' (1991), ''Sleepless in Seattle'' (1993), '' When a Man Loves a Woman'' (1994), ''French Kiss' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate causes of Phenomenon, phenomena, and usually frame their understanding in mathematical terms. They work across a wide range of Physics#Research fields, research fields, spanning all length scales: from atom, sub-atomic and particle physics, through biological physics, to physical cosmology, cosmological length scales encompassing the universe as a whole. The field generally includes two types of physicists: Experimental physics, experimental physicists who specialize in the observation of natural phenomena and the development and analysis of experiments, and Theoretical physics, theoretical physicists who specialize in mathematical modeling of physical systems to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena. Physicists can apply their k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Robbins
Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Andy Dufresne in the film '' The Shawshank Redemption ''(1994), and Jacob Singer in '' Jacob's Ladder'' (1990), as well as winning an Academy Award and Golden Globe award for his role in '' Mystic River'' (2003) and another Golden Globe for '' The Player'' (1992). Robbins' other roles include starring as Lt. Samuel "Merlin" Wells in '' Top Gun'' (1986), Nuke LaLoosh in '' Bull Durham'' (1988), Erik in '' Erik the Viking'' (1989), Ed Walters in '' I.Q.'' (1994), Nick Beam in '' Nothing to Lose'' (1997) and Senator Robert Hammond in '' Green Lantern'' (2011). He also directed the films '' Bob Roberts'' (1992) and '' Dead Man Walking'' (1995), both of which were well received. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director for ''Dead Man Walking.'' On television, Robbins played Secretary of State Walter Larson in the HBO comedy '' The Brink'' (2015), and in '' Here a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Matthau
Walter John Matthau ( Matthow; ; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor, known for his "hangdog face" and for playing world-weary characters. He starred in 10 films alongside his real-life friend Jack Lemmon, including '' The Odd Couple'' (1968) and ''Grumpy Old Men'' (1993). ''The New York Times'' called this "one of Hollywood's most successful pairings". Among other accolades, he was an Academy Award, a two-time BAFTA Award, and two-time Tony Award winner. On Broadway, Matthau originated the role of Oscar Madison in '' The Odd Couple'' by playwright Neil Simon, for which he received a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play in 1965, his second after '' A Shot in the Dark'' in 1962. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the Billy Wilder film ''The Fortune Cookie'' (1966), with further Best Actor nominations for '' Kotch'' (1971) and ''The Sunshine Boys'' (1975). He gained further recognition for his portrayal of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein (14 March 187918 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics. His mass–energy equivalence formula , which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for . Born in the German Empire, Einstein moved to Switzerland in 1895, forsaking his German citizenship (as a subject of the Kingdom of Württemberg) the following year. In 1897, at the age of seventeen, he enrolled in the mathematics and physics teaching diploma program at the Swiss ETH Zurich, federal polytechnic school in Zurich, graduating in 1900. He acquired Swiss citizenship a year later, which he kept for the rest of his life, and afterwards secured a permanent position at the Swiss Patent Office in Bern. In 1905, he submitted a successful PhD dissertation to the University of Zurich. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
