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The Specials: A Movie that Questions the Role of Rules (Director Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache)
Following rules is a fundamental principle, but there are always exceptions. The movie “The Specials” depicts a protagonist who passionately tackles problems in an unauthorized facility that even severe autistic patients are not rejected from, making us think about the ideal form of rules. -
Natural Gift vs. Effort: A Lesson from Joao’s Story: “Joao, o Maestro” (Mauro Lima) (a movie based on a true story of Joao Carlos Martins)
No matter how much we are blessed with "natural gift," we can't achieve anything without a "talent being able to strive." And if we have that "talent being able to strive," it can turn into the courage to stand up even if we are pushed to the brink of despair. This is the shocking true story that you will learn from the movie "Joao, o Maestro". -
Psychology of Failure: Why We Can’t Trust Our Senses and Memory: “The Invisible Gorilla” (Christopher Chabris, Daniel Simons)
We live in society relying on perception and memory, but can we really trust them? From "The Invisible Gorilla" by the authors who devised an experiment that shocked the world of psychology, learn about "inescapable habits of failure". -
The Poincaré Conjecture: What Perelman Proved and Why it Matters
Learn about the "Poincaré conjecture," a mathematical conundrum with a 1 million dollars prize. The genius mathematician Perelman solved it but refused both the prize and the Fields Medal. Find out the details of the conundrum and its proof in Yuki Hiroshi's "Math Girls." -
[Movie] How “Assassins” Exposes the Reality of Kim Jong-nam’s Murder (Director Ryan White) (a true story of Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi Huong)
The assassination of Kim Jong-nam was reported with surprise all over the world. The two women who carried out the assassination were just ordinary people who were made become assassins by being asked, "Do you want to become famous?" From the movie "Assassins," we can understand the current situation next to danger we live in. -
What is Galois Theory and How it Changed Mathematics Forever
The theme of the fifth installment of the "Math Girls" series depicts people who are through mathematics, with a focus on high school students, and it's about "Galois theory." The book traces the thoughts left behind by a genius who single-handedly pioneered the new field of "group theory," but was too pioneering to be understood by the mathematicians of his time, and later died in a duel.