Watching a movie with a physicist

Author: (Korean) Jeong Jaecheng / Chen Ligang / Wang Chao
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: Would you refuse to watch a movie with a physicist? For us, physics is a subject that must be studied by others but one we would never study ourselves. Physicists are also seen as rigid, indifferent to worldly affairs, and dull individuals who bury themselves in research. In fact, that's not true. To the impact of their films, Hollywood's big directors often faithfully transfer their ignorance of science onto the screen. But this only deceives the eyes of ordinary audiences, while physicists are not fooled. They pick up the scalpel of science to dissect the "scientific errors" in the films, which can even be more interesting than the films themselves. Physicists are not "unappreciative fools"; they also enjoy watching movies, and the experience becomes more fun and beneficial when you watch with them. Science is not "a secret language only understood by scientists in the lab"; it is a subject that everyone can discuss. It explains in simple terms how science is used in modern art's favorite medium, film. Moreover, this book provides a detailed analysis of how films distort scientific facts and the common sense errors they make, expanding the application of scientific knowledge. It is both an entertaining collection of essays that offers readers a fresh perspective on watching movies and a textbook that vividly explains various scientific stories through films. Would you refuse to watch a movie with a physicist? For us, physics is a subject that must be studied by others but one we would never study ourselves. Physicists are also seen as rigid, indifferent to worldly affairs, and dull individuals who bury themselves in research. In fact, that's not true. To the impact of their films, Hollywood's big directors often faithfully transfer their ignorance of science onto the screen. But this only deceives the eyes of ordinary audiences, while physicists are not fooled. They pick up the scalpel of science to dissect the "scientific errors" in the films, which can even be more interesting than the films themselves.