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Hollywood Blockbusters: Unlimited Fun but Limited Science Literacy

Physics and Society 2007-07-10 v1 Physics Education General Physics Popular Physics

Abstract

In this article, we examine specific scenes from popular action and sci-fi movies and show how they blatantly break the laws of physics, all in the name of entertainment, but coincidentally contributing to science illiteracy.

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@article{arxiv.0707.1167,
  title  = {Hollywood Blockbusters: Unlimited Fun but Limited Science Literacy},
  author = {C. J. Efthimiou and R. A. Llewellyn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.1167},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

includes 28 pictures; invited article for the German journal Praxis der Naturwissenschaften Physik