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Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder.It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly about three female African-American mathematicians: Katherine Goble Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), who worked ...
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 ...
Stand and Deliver is a 1988 American biographical drama film directed by Ramón Menéndez, written by Menéndez and Tom Musca, based on the true story of a high school mathematics teacher, Jaime Escalante. For portraying Escalante, Edward James Olmos was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 61st Academy Awards. [3]
1. Danica Mae McKellar (born January 3, 1975) [ 1 ] is an American actress, mathematics writer, and education advocate. She is best known for playing Winnie Cooper in the television series The Wonder Years. McKellar has appeared in various television films for the Hallmark Channel. She has also done voice acting, including Frieda Goren in ...
Fermat's Room (Spanish: La habitación de Fermat) is a 2007 Spanish thriller film directed by Luis Piedrahita and Rodrigo Sopeña. 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.
X+Y, released in the US as A Brilliant Young Mind, is a 2014 British drama film directed by Morgan Matthews and starring Asa Butterfield, Rafe Spall and Sally Hawkins. [2][3] The film, inspired by the 2007 documentary Beautiful Young Minds,[4] focuses on a teenage English mathematics prodigy named Nathan (Asa Butterfield) who has difficulty ...
Colossus: The Forbin Project. Conceiving Ada. Cube (1997 film) Cube (film series) Cube 2: Hypercube. Cube Zero.
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