15 Movies based on scientific endeavours

Apollo 13 (1995) | Image Source: Universal Pictures
Apollo 13 (1995) | Image Source: Universal Pictures

10. Hidden Figures (2016)

Hidden Figures (2016) | Image Source: 20th Century Fox
Hidden Figures (2016) | Image Source: 20th Century Fox

The story revolves around the hidden African-American female mathematicians in NASA who paved the way to the success of the U.S. space program in the 1960s. Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe) successfully fought against systematic racism and sexism to achieve a great deal in their work in Project Mercury and the Apollo mission that changed the face of history. Hidden Figures not only sheds light on their genius but also reminds one and sundry of the good need for diversity and inclusion in science and many places.

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Edited by Zainab Shaikh