Poll: Inspiration to become a Scientist
The release of The Theory of Everything (2014) has inspired an interest in the study of science. Which of these other films would best inspire an interest in a career in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)? Discuss poll here.
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The Imitation Game (2014)
Alan Turing (1912-1954, father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence) -
Interstellar (2014)
Science adviser: Kip Thorne (1940-, theoretical physicist) -
Creation (2009)
Charles Darwin (1809-1882, naturalist and geologist, best known for his contributions to evolutionary theory), Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911, botanist), and Thomas Huxley (1825-1895, biologist) -
The Aviator (2004)
Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. (1905-1976, aviator, aerospace engineer, inventor and filmmaker) -
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
John Forbes Nash, Jr. (1928-, mathematician, known for work in game theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations) -
Contact (1997)
Story by Carl Sagan (1934-1996, astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist) -
The Wright Brothers (1997)
Orville Wright (1871-1948) and Wilbur Wright (1867-1912), inventors and aviation pioneers -
Infinity (1996)
Richard Feynman (1918-1988, physicist) -
Darwin (1992)
Charles Darwin (1809-1882, naturalist and geologist, best known for his contributions to evolutionary theory) -
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967, theoretical physicist) -
Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
Dian Fossey (1932-1985, zoologist, primatologist and anthropologist) -
Galileo (1975)
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642, physicist, mathematician, engineer, astronomer and philosopher) -
Johannes Kepler (1974)
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630, mathematician and astronomer) -
Kopernik (1973)
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543, mathematician and astronomer) -
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Written by Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008, science fiction writer, science writer, futurist and inventor) -
I Aim at the Stars (1960)
Wernher von Braun (1912-1977, aerospace engineer and space architect) -
The Peanut Man (1947)
George Washington Carver (1864-1943, scientist, botanist, educator and inventor) -
Sister Kenny (1946)
Elizabeth Kenny (1880-1952, developed treatment of poliomyelitis, established principles of muscle rehabilitation which became the foundation of physical therapy, or physiotherapy) -
Madame Curie (1943)
Marie Curie (1867-1934, physicist and chemist) and Pierre Curie (1859-1906, physicist) -
Edison, the Man (1940)
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931, inventor) -
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915, physician and scientist who worked in the fields of hematology, immunology and chemotherapy) -
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895, chemist and microbiologist) -
October Sky (1999)
Homer Hickam (1943-, former NASA engineer) -
Apollo 13 (1995)
James A. Lovell (1928-, Commander), John L. "Jack" Swigert (1931-1982, Command Module Pilot), Fred W. Haise (1933- , Lunar Module Pilot), Gene Kranz (1933-, Lead Flight Director White Team), Glynn Lunney (1936-, Flight Director Black Team), Milt Windler (Flight Director Maroon Team), Gerry Griffin (1934-, Flight Director Gold Team), and thousands of support personnel. -
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922, scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator)