本片是关于出生于1923年的女数学家——徐道宁，作为台湾第一位女数学博士，和她一生奉献给台湾数学教育的故事。影片通过自述与访谈，勾勒出她的生平与成长历程，侧面观察她作为一位女性，在动荡的时代下，如何以她特有的女性特质、资质、性格与抱负，投注她毕生智慧与精力于台湾科技与人格教育，并发挥其强大的影响力。 This is the story about Taiwan's pioneer woman mathematician, Hsu Dao-Ning. Being the first woman doctor of mathematics in Taiwan, she dedicated her life to mathematics education. Through her meticulous memory, self-statements, and interviews of her relatives and students, the film outlined her whole life and tried to exemplify how her unique femininity, intelligence, personality and ambition, were all devoted into the education of technology and personality in Taiwan.