Time for one of my complexity-related movie recommendations.
The 1992 film
Sneakers describes the
adventures of a professional hacking team led by Robert Redford as
they go after a device that will break any code. The movie is great
fun throughout and I loved the early scenes with the mathematician who
created the device (which I assume has a quick factoring algorithm
inside). Still I nearly screamed at the screen when he gave
a seminar while standing in front of the projected slides.
Recent Turing Award winner Len Adleman served as mathematical
consultant for the film. Read about his experiences
here.
yeah, it was a great film.
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