Wednesday, 8 April 2015

Movies & Math

There are 2 movies I have watched about Math professors along with his genius students , using their skill to win at a casino.

One is "21" in English and the other is "Teen Patti"  in Hindi with Amitabh Bachan.
 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478087/ and  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183917/

The basis of the movies is really probability, card counting and these fellas are able to mentally compute & bet & win at a casino....now that is knowledge being applied....in a way. But gambling & greed etc come into play and knowledge goes for a toss here.

also check out
http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/

http://www.vegaschatter.com/story/2013/5/28/135450/053/vegas-travel/Digging%20Into%20The%20Math%20Behind%20Gambling


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