Hidden Figures proves there’s power in numbers
IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, numbers mean everything: our very bodies are made of equations. Yet movies about people who deal in numbers—often foisted on us as spinachy, good-for-us entertainment during prestige-movie season—tend to be deadly dull. Who needs to see another white dude grab a piece of chalk and start writing feverishly on a blackboard?
But even if numbers are everywhere, they still have the capacity
