This self-isolation holiday, take your children to learn mathematics in a different way, recommend 13 mathematics-themed movies

Jan 28, 2020

"The Imitation Game"

Douban score: 8.5

The worst time to lie is when you know someone else is waiting for you to lie. If someone else is waiting for you to lie. You can't just make them a lie.

During World War II, Nazi Germany developed Enigma, a communication encryption device known as unbreakable, which converted all secrets into garbled codes and sent them out. Decoration) was ordered to assist the Allies in cracking Enigma.

He led Joan Clark and other top cryptographers to experience numerous setbacks and failures, and finally invented a password cracking device, which successfully deciphered the most difficult "mystery" in history and saved countless precious lives in time. After the war, however, the British government discovered his deepest secret.

"beautiful Mind"

Douban score: 8.9

I have always believed in numbers, whether equations or logic lead us to think. But after pursuing this all my life, I asked myself, "What is the logic? Who decides the reason?"

The prototype of the story is the mathematician John Forbes Nash (Jr.John Forbes Nash). Handsome and very eccentric, Nash made astonishing mathematical discoveries at an early age and began to enjoy international fame. But Nash's brilliant intuition was plagued by schizophrenia, dramatically altering his glorious foray to the highest academic levels.

Faced with this challenge that has destroyed many people, Nash, with the help of his beloved wife Alicia, is unafraid and tenacious. After decades of hard work, he finally overcame this misfortune and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1994.

"Good Will Hunting"

Douban score: 8.7

You can learn about everything in the world, but the only way to get back to it is to try it yourself.

MIT math professor Lan Bo announced a difficult math problem at the table, but it was solved by a young cleaner, Will. But Will is a troubled teenager who hangs around with his best friends all day, fighting and causing trouble. When Rambo found this genius, he was being sentenced by the court and sent to the detention center for assaulting a police officer in a fight. Rambo pleaded with the judge for bail to save him from jail.

In order to let Will find his purpose in life and not waste his mathematical talent, Rambo invited many psychologists to tutor Will, but Will was very resistant, and the experts were helpless. In desperation, Rambo turned to his college friend, psychology professor Sean...

"The Doctor's Love Formula"

Douban score: 8.1

You are called the "root", and by using the root, you can give a definite identity to an infinite number, a number that is invisible to the naked eye.

A traffic accident left the genius math doctor with only 80 minutes of memory. When the time is up, all memories automatically reset to zero and start over. When encountering a language barrier, he will always use numbers instead of words to communicate with others in a unique style. He was littered with clipped notes to fill in the memory of only 80 minutes.

This time, the new housekeeper, Kyoko, takes her 10-year-old son to take care of the doctor's daily life. For Kyoko, every day is a new beginning with the doctor. The doctor loves Kyoko's son very much, and calls him "square root", because the square root can accommodate everyone and things, he let mother and son know the beautiful and brilliant world of mathematical formulas. Because it is only 80 minutes, every moment the three of them get along is very precious.

Gifted (2017)

Douban score: 8.3

I have an idea, but it's mine and it could be wrong, so why should I destroy yours? Think about it, but don't be afraid to believe anything.

Chris Evans will star in Mark Webb (The Amazing Spider-Man series) in the new film "Gifted." The film tells the story of Captain America as Frank Adler, a former Boston University assistant who is now a ship repairer, and who adopts his niece, Mary, a gifted girl with extraordinary intelligence, after his sister committed suicide. Mary was different when she first started school, but Uncle Frank just wanted the kids to live a normal life. Mary's grandmother learned about the girl's talent and appeared in the two's lives to cultivate Mary into a math genius. And so a custody battle began.

"The Boundless (2015)"

Douban score: 7.6

It is correct to say that mathematics contains not only truth, but also an extraordinary beauty.

Indian math prodigy Srinivasser Ramanujan, in the era of inequality, from an unknown and poor Indian teenager, left his hometown to study in Cambridge, England alone. With the appreciation of Hardy, a famous British mathematics professor, and the mutual support of both teachers and friends, they have successfully excavated better results in the field of mathematics.

Alan Turing (biographical film)

Douban score: 8.3

Sometimes, it's the unexpected people who achieve the things that no one else can do.

The name Alan Turing can be said to be "sound" in the field of computing, mathematics, artificial intelligence, philosophy, logic and other fields.

He is the founder of computer logic, and many important methods of artificial intelligence are also derived from this great scientist. He proposed the Turing machine theory at the age of 24, participated in the development of Colossus at the age of 31, conceived the simulation system at the age of 33, proposed the concept of automatic programming at the age of 35, and designed it at the age of 38. He developed the "Turing Test", and later created a new discipline - nonlinear mechanics.

Although Turing was only 42 years old when he died, the technological achievements of his short and bizarre career have been enjoyed by future generations. People look up to this great British scientist, crowning him with titles such as "Father of Computer", "Father of Artificial Intelligence", "Father of Deciphering", and even think that his technical contributions and contributions The influence of the future world is almost comparable to that of giants such as Newton and Einstein.

"Descartes"

Douban Score: 8.0

Conquer yourself, not the world.

Rene Descartes was a famous 16th-century French philosopher, mathematician, and physicist. He made important contributions to the development of modern mathematics and is considered the father of analytic geometry for formulating the geometric coordinate system. He is also the founder of modern Western philosophical thought, and the pioneer of modern materialism who put forward the proposition of "universal doubt".

His philosophical thoughts also deeply influenced the subsequent generations of Europeans and developed the so-called "Continental Rationalism" philosophy... This film will take children to appreciate the demeanor of this man who changed the world!

Dangerous Knowledge (2007) (documentary)

Douban score: 8.4

In this documentary, David Malone focuses on four incomparable mathematicians: George Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, Gödel and Alan Turing. Their genius shines through the ages, and their wisdom has profoundly influenced us in future generations. But when contemporaries expressed their disapproval with scathing, fiery criticism, it could have a tragic result that left them insane, and both ended up taking their own lives by suicide.

This is a documentary full of emotional power. Although it is about mathematical sciences, it is full of rigorous passion. Going back to belief itself, are we strong enough to endure the loss of truth and belief? I think there is nothing more revealing than the way to swear to divinity by ending a particular belief.

Dimensions: A Math Walk

Douban score: 9.3

"Dimensions: Math Walk" is a two-hour CG popular science movie that tells about a lot of esoteric mathematics, such as regular polytope, complex numbers, fractals, fibrations, and more in 4-dimensional space.

"Galileo: The Fight for Truth" (documentary)

The world is a book written in the language of mathematics.

Based on Dava Sobel's best-selling biography "Galileo's Daughter: Historical Memories of Science, Faith, and Love", it shows us the trajectory of the great scientist Galileo's life and his pursuit of truth.

The Story of Maths (2008) (documentary

Douban Score: 9.0

The film is divided into 4 parts, telling the mystery of mathematics. Mathematics - the language of the universe, the genius of eastern China, the edge of space, infinity and beyond.