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The science in Avatar

10/11/2020 ⋅ No comments

Par Timo van Neerden

Avatar is a 2009 movie where the story takes place in 2154 on an exo-moon (Pandora) orbiting a gas-giant exo-planet (Polyphemus), both orbiting the star Alpha Centauri A, thus at 4,36 light-years from Earth. Humans went there boarding space-ships…

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The gold as in The Italian Job

01/09/2018 ⋅ 5 comments

Par Timo van Neerden

When it comes to gold, there is systematically a misconception about it, everywhere, every-time, especially in movies. Gold, the fact is, is dense. Really dense. Gold has a density of 19.3 grams per cubic centimeter. It’s seven times as dense as…

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How much is Smaug's gold from the Hobbit worth ?

01/08/2018 ⋅ 21 comments

Par Timo van Neerden

The Hobbit is a film series based upon the novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. The story is about a hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, during his journey, accompanied by Dwarfs, Elves, Wizards and many other creatures from the Tolkien universe. In the story…

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The physics of Iron Man

02/06/2018 ⋅ 8 comments

Par Timo van Neerden

The Iron Man movies are a Marvel franchise (part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe), with three parts (until now) released in 2008, 2010 and 2013. It stars the eccentric billionaire inventor Tony Stark who builds a intelligent and technologically ad…

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The physics of Gravity

01/06/2018 ⋅ 3 comments

Par Timo van Neerden

Gravity is a 2013 thriller film. It stars astronauts on a mission at the Hubble Space Telescope to be fighting for survival while a cloud of space-junk is coming at them. Even if Nasa (which the movie stars) is a science institution, the movie sh…

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01/01/2018 ⋅ Comments are closed

Par Timo van Neerden

Regarding the blog This blog is a humorous scientific movies review where I focus on scientifically imperfections or inaccuracies, or even just the scientific details in movies, cartoons, books or video-games. Please, be mature enough to understa…

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