Sci-fi and action Hollywood movies sometimes introduce incorrect physics concepts. Even though they succeed artistically not everyone who watches movies understands that the content is primarily for entertainment only. Today we are going to review some plots to examine whether correct science is used. Let’s go back to 1985 to check my favorite film as a child. Back to the Future Part II Back to the Future is an American science fiction comedy film. It was produced by Steven Spielberg. The star Michael J. Fox plays Marty McFly, a teenager who is accidentally sent back in time to 1955. The sequel was filmed in 1989. The plot begins where the original film left off. Marty McFly and his friend Dr. Emmett Brown (“Doc”) travel to 2015 to prevent McFly’s future son from ending up in jail. The film accurately predicted...
Science is everywhere. Science starts early when the alarm clock wakes you up in the morning. Science even lets us talk to you through the radio right now. There is a place where science is tastier. The kitchen! We are used to doing a lot of stuff in the kitchen without realizing how much physics is involved. Give me one example of a kitchen appliance full of science. The microwave oven for example; science heats your milk up when you put it in the microwave, but many people don’t know how the microwave oven works. A microwave oven heats food by bombarding it with electromagnetic radiation causing polarized molecules in the food to rotate and build up thermal energy. These polarized molecules are usually water. This means you cannot heat anything up if it doesn’t consist of water. Have...
