"Is there any science in science-fiction films?"
26 October 2022 2:30 PM
Wed 26 Oct 2022: Reception 14.30 @ Herschel Foyer; Talk 15.00 @ HERB.G LT2
Is there any science in science-fiction films?
Colloquium by Douglas Scott (Professor in Cosmology at UBC in Vancouver, Canada)
Wed 26 Oct 2022: Reception 14.30 @ Herschel Foyer; Talk 15.00 @ HERB.G LT2
Abstract: Most of us have favourite science-fiction films - and usually we're happy to turn our scientist brains off when we watch them! But there's actually some interesting physics buried in there. I will focus on space-based movies and ask what they have to say about three things: (1) Space is big; (2) Space is curved; and (3) Space is expanding. Can you guess what movies will be used to illustrate these ideas?