Basic Calculus

Ms. Regine Driza

Hidden Figures

-Reaction Paper

When I heard about the title of the movie that we are going to watch,
my first thought about it was all about mathematics. As the film started,
I’ve noticed that the main casts are black Americans which later on as
they grew older, were a victim of racism. There are three brilliant
characters namely Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary
Jackson who were invited to work in NASA as they have superlative and
accelerated skills on Mathematics above everyone else. The movie also
explains on how those women fought about their rights (segregation for
black and white people). The racism on the movie was illustrated as there
was no toilet for black people in NASA’s office. A certain reason on the
movie why Katherine needs to walk miles away just to use a comfort
room. It was astonishing to watch on how Katherine could plot the
trajectories by using some derivatives. In the movie, Katherine Johnson
used Euler’s method which is related to calculus. The method used was
another technique used to a differential equation which makes the
importance of calculus in her equation. Thus, their intellect brought John
Glenn to the space for an orbital project. I was so amaze on how Katherine
Johnson was able to solve or calculate the total measurements to make
sure John Glenn’s orbit to the space would be successful and make no
errors.