Shine Shelf -- Watch Movies with Physicists

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 discipline that must be studied by others but one we would never dare to pursue ourselves. Physicists are also seen as rigid, indifferent to worldly matters, and dull individuals lost in their research. In reality, this is not the case. To the impact of their films, Hollywood directors often faithfully transfer their ignorance of science onto the screen. This only deceives the eyes of ordinary audiences, but 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 movies themselves. Physicists are not "unromantic fools"; they also enjoy watching movies, and the experience becomes more fun and beneficial when you watch with them. Science is not just "a whisper only understood by scientists in the lab"; it is a discipline that everyone can discuss. It explains 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 commit, 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.