Watching movies is entertaining and also provides knowledge and information that very few people are aware of. So, gear up for knowledge-soaked entertainment with these 12 movies that are based on real-life scientists.
The Man Who Knew Infinity: Depicting the life of Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, this biopic delves deep into the genius’s life and his groundbreaking discoveries in mathematics.
The Imitation Game: Set in the era of WWII, this movie features legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the man who decrypted German intelligence codes.
A Beautiful Mind: Winning 4 Academy awards, this biopic features the Nobel Laureate John Nash while beautifully narrating his haunting life with mental illness.
Temple Grandin: This semi-autobiography movie features the life of American professor Mary Temple Grandin whose invention helped the managing of livestock to a more human process.
Hidden Figures: Adapted from Margot Lee Shetterly’s non-fiction with the same title, this movie features African-American female mathematicians who played a major role in the success of NASA’s Project Mercury.
The Theory Of Everything: Based on the memoir of Jane Hawking “Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen”, the former wife of Stephen Hawking, this movie depicts the bitter-sweet relationship of the two.
Rocketry: The Nambi Effect: This Biopic features the life of ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan who was accused of being a spy and selling information to Pakistan.
Agora: A historical biography film, narrating the life of Hypatia, a late 4th-century Roman Egyptian female mathematician, philosopher and astronomer.
Tesla: This biopic features the life of Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla while also describing his rivalries with contemporary Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, J.P. Morgan, etc.
October Sky: Depicting the real-life of NASA specialist Homer Hickam, this biopic revolves around how Hickman was fascinated by rocket science despite the disapproval of his family and town, impressively creating a rocket on his own.
Creation: This British romance-drama biopic features the life of the famous naturalist Charles Darwin with a focus on the publication of “The Origin of Species” which will bring groundbreaking discoveries on planetary species.
Oppenheimer: This Oscar-winning movie starring Cillian Murphy, narrates the life of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer who was the mastermind behind the creation of the atomic bomb.