03/03/17| Physics in cinema•Uncategorized
The “Inverted World” of Netflix’s most popular series, Stranger Things, is not just an author’s fiction idea. The hypothesis of a parallel universe or “many worlds” emerged decades ago, in 1957, by physicist Hugh Everett. The young doctoral candidate at Princeton University came up with a radical idea: the existence of parallel universes, just like […]
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03/03/17| Physics curiosities•Physics in cinema•Uncategorized
Whenever NASA announces that one or more Earth-like planets have been found in the habitable zone of its star, at some light years away, the discussion about life outside the Earth is resumed, and especially if we would be able to reach one of the so-called “life-sustaining planets”. But, finding a planet that can support […]
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03/03/17| Physics in cinema•Uncategorized
Released in 2009, the movie Avatar was an overproduction that marked the cinema with its visual effects, 3D technology and nine nominations at the 2010 Oscar. The story takes place in 2154 on Pandora, the moon of a fictional planet. A soldier is sent to infiltrate and help in the colonization of Pandora, where human […]
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03/03/17| Physics in cinema•Uncategorized
During the month of January was released in the film “The Theory of Everything”. The movie tells a bit about the life of physicist Stephen Hawking, his discoveries about time, his romance with first wife Jane Wide and the progress of his degenerative motor disease. The Theory of Everything Based on Jane Wide’s “Traveling to […]
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03/03/17| Physics in cinema•Uncategorized
Continuing our series of analysis of movies that deal with topics related to physics, let’s understand a little better the physical phenomena of the movie “The Core.” The movie Released in 2003, “The Core” is a science fiction movie where the Earth’s core has suddenly stopped spinning because of an unknown force acting on the […]
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02/03/17| Physics in cinema•Physics in everyday life•Uncategorized
Since its creation, the cinema has evolved a lot: it gained sound, colors and special effects. One of the biggest news was the 3D movies, which nowadays have already become common in movie theaters and even at home it is posible to see them on special televisions. How is this effect created? What is 3D? […]
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03/03/17| Physics in cinema•Uncategorized
Several movies present in their plot some physical phenomena, mainly those of science fiction. However, it is not always possible to know to what extent those informations are correct. Thinking about that, we will present on Anzeb’s blog the analysis of some movies and we will explain what events can be considered as right or […]
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