Dr. Christine Darden, one of the “Hidden Figures” from NASA; Michael Paul Williams of the Richmond Times-Dispatch; and Estelle Amy Smith, a trailblazing mathematician at Dahlgren Naval Base.

Darden has watched the movie “Hidden Figures” 10 times since its release. She said certain scenes in the film weren’t true to life. In the movie, for example, the mathematician Katherine ...

Back in the days of the space race, "computers" were people — often women — who performed vital calculations. Hidden Figures tells the stories of the women who got some of the first men to space.

“Hidden Figures” begins with a brief 1926 prologue introducing us to a young black girl who is a math prodigy inspiring awe in all who know her. “I’ve never seen,” a teacher tells her ...

"Hidden Figures" is about three women who didn't take those polite dismissals for an answer, though. Who kept pushing themselves forward. Who knew that would only push all people forward.

Before the invention of the digital computer, “computer” was the title given to workers within NASA that double-checked math equations and computations. Hidden Figures is the story of the female ...

Hidden Figures was deservedly nominated for best picture. Nice to see long mathematical equations flowing on a tall blackboard in a movie that has been so successful in the box office. I confess ...

COMMENTARY: Christine Darden, who has family in Canton, was not one of the principle characters in "Hidden Figures." But she also was a pioneer at NASA.

Back in the days of the space race, "computers" were people — often women — who performed vital calculations. Hidden Figures tells the stories of the women who got some of the first men to space.