Top 10 films about famous scientists who changed the world (10 photos)
Oppenheimer, a new film from Christopher Nolan. Each work of the director is a great event not only for fans, but for cinema in general. The new film is dedicated famous American physicist Robert Oppenheimer, who became the creator of the atomic bomb. Considering Nollan's skill and the biopic genre (which usually collects all kinds of film awards), the film is doomed to success! In the meantime, we are waiting for the premiere, we suggest recalling the TOP 10 films about famous scientists who changed the world.
The Imitation Game (2014) 
About whom: Alan Turing - English mathematician, creator of the famous computing "Turing Machine", formalized the concept of "algorithm".
Played by Benedict Cumberbatch.
Dangerous Element (2019) 
About whom: Maria Sklodowska-Curie is a Polish and French scientist, one of the discoverers of radioactivity. First female laureate Nobel Prize, and she was awarded it twice, in physics and in chemistry.
The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015) 
About whom: Srinivasa Ramanujan was a self-taught Indian mathematician who made important contributions to number theory.
Current War (2017) 
About whom: Thomas Edison - American inventor, George Westinghouse - American engineer and entrepreneur, Nikola Tesla - Serbian-American physicist and engineer. The film shows them opposition against the background of opposition of direct current to alternating current.
Benedict Cumberbatch is playing the role of Thomas Edison.
Hidden Figures (2016) 
About whom: Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson are among the the first African American women mathematicians, calculators and engineers, who worked at NASA and greatly influenced the success of the American space industry.
Origin (2009) 
About whom: Charles Darwin was an English naturalist, founder of evolutionary theory and popularizer of the term "natural selection".
And again Benedict Cumberbatch! He plays the role of English here botanist and friend of Charles Darwin, Joseph Dalton Hooker. And the main role performed by Paul Bettany.
Mind Games (2001) 
About whom: John Nash is an American mathematician and Nobel laureate. awards in economics, worked in the field of game theory. In the film, a little in an embellished way, his struggle with paranoid schizophrenia is shown.
Interestingly, the roles of Emma Darwin, the wife of Charles Darwin, and Alicia Nash, John Nash's wife, was played by Jennifer Connelly. "Mind Games" brought Oscar actress.
Temple Grandin (2010) 
About whom: Temple Grandin - American scientist, professor animal husbandry, the famous protector of livestock. Important a feature of Temple's biography and career is that she has autism, and woman has been actively helping researchers to study disorder by example.
Stephen Hawking Universe (2014) 
About whom: Stephen Hawking is an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist. worked with the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics. Most suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis throughout his life.
Do you know who played Stephen Hawking in another famous in the 2004 Hawking biopic? That's right, Benedict Cumberbatch.
Agora (2009) 
About whom: Hypatia of Alexandria was an ancient Roman philosopher, mathematician, and mechanic. One of the first female scientists in history.
