UOW Expert Reacts: Is the math in these popular television shows and movies accurate?

Associate Professor Caz Sandison and Dr Valentina Wheeler react to Mean Girls, Good Will Hunting, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, A Beautiful Mind and Hidden Figures and tell you whether the math is accurate.

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Source material:
Mean Girls
Wiseman, R and Fey, T (Writers), Waters, M (Director).
(2004, April, 19). Mean Girls. Messick, J (Executive producer),
Mean Girls. Production Company – Broadway Video

Good Will Hunting
Affleck, B, Damon, M (Writers), Van Sant, G (Director).
1997, December, 2). Good Will Hunting
Armstrong, S & Gordon, J (Executive producers),
Good Will Hunting. Production Company – Be Gentlemen

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Goor, D; Schur, M & Phillips, D (Writers), McDonald M (Director).
(2016, November, 29). Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Season 4, Episode 8)
[Skyfire Cycle]. Schur, M; Del Tredici, L (Executive producers), Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
Production Companies – Fremulon; Dr. Goor Productions; 3 Arts Entertainment; Universal Television

A Beautiful Mind
Goldsman, A; Nasar, S (Writers), Howard, R (Director). (2002, January, 4).
A Beautiful Mind.
Hallowell, T; Kehela, K (Executive producers), A Beautiful Mind.
Production Companies – Universal Pictures, Dreamworks Pictures, Imagine Entertainment

Hidden Figures
Schroeder, A; Melfi, T; Shetterly, M L (Writers), Melfi T (Director).
(2017, January, 6). Hidden Figures
Daniel, J; Lombardi, I; Valdés, M; Witt, R (Executive producers), Hidden Figures.
Production Companies – Fox 2000 Pictures; Chernin Entertainment; Levantine Films; TSG Entertainment