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Article #263Re: Science in Cinema (fwd)
From: Bill Wiecking
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 14:40
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 14:40
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Bad ones: the sounds "heard" in space in abaout every star wars movie Good ones: the vapor patterns behind the wings in "Top Gun" when they make high powered climbs (vacuum condensation from wing lift), g-loc or g force induced loss of consciousness. Best one: Buckaroo Banzai-using a laser to give mass to virtual photons so they could pass through a mountain, and into a new dimension. >Forwarded message: >> >>I am in the process of developing lesson plans around science shown in >>modern cinema. I am looking particularly for scenes in movies which, >>upon first glance, appear to be plausible but upon further investigation >>are impossible. I would appreciate your input on this endeavor. >> >>If you know of any such scenes which show "impossible science", please >>e-mail the information directly to my address: park@unity.ncsu.edu. >>Include the name of the movie and a description of the scene in your >>correspondance. >> >>I am also looking for scenes which could be used in teaching specific >>science concepts that may not necessarily be impossible. No references >>to cartoons, please. >> >>Again, do not send a reply to this listserv, please use my e-mail >>address. I will compile a list of the responses and send the listserv a >>summary of the responses by this summer. Thanks for all your help. >> >>John Park >>park@unity.ncsu.edu >>john_park@ncsu.edu >> ------------------------ Bill Wiecking Honolulu Hawaii Bill@ahi.pbrc.hawaii.edu Pacific Biomedical Research Center Bekesy Lab of Neurobiology ========================
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 16cfd8,adf3e898b6765d15 X-Google-Attributes: gid16cfd8,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-25 07:16:57 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!paladin.american.edu!auvm!AHI.PBRC.HAWAII.EDU!Bill Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: bit.listserv.physhare X-Sender: bill@wana (Unverified) Message-ID: <9503251440.AB09210@wana.pbrc.Hawaii.Edu> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 04:40:51 HST Sender: Sharing resources for high school physics <PHYSHARE@PSUVM.PSU.EDU> From: Bill Wiecking <Bill@AHI.PBRC.HAWAII.EDU> Subject: Re: Science in Cinema (fwd) Lines: 37