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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)?

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Results of 4,846 votes:

  1. 1.

    Interstellar (2014)

     
    Science adviser: Kip Thorne (1940-, theoretical physicist)
  2. 2.

    The Imitation Game (2014)

     
    Alan Turing (1912-1954, father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence)
  3. 3.

    A Beautiful Mind (2001)

     
    John Forbes Nash, Jr. (1928-, mathematician, known for work in game theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations)

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