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Getting the film physics right

27 Feb 2020
Taken from the February 2020 issue of Physics World.

Creative licence, good storytelling and accurate physics are often at odds, when it comes to Hollywood films In this article (originally published in Lateral Thoughts, Physics World’s regular column of humorous and offbeat essays, puzzles, crosswords, quizzes and comics, which appears on the back page of the print edition) Sidney Perkowitz explores the indie filmmakers getting it all right

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Top thinkers: a still from the 2016 Oscar-nominated hit film Hidden Figures (Courtesy: Hopper Stone/​Levantine/​Kobal/​Shutterstock)
Whenever bad science appears on screen, a physicist is likely to declare “that’s wrong!”, maki

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