{"id":4082,"date":"2023-01-25T13:49:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T13:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/science-on-the-silver-screen-5-movies-for-the-scientist-in-you\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T06:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T06:21:09","slug":"science-on-the-silver-screen-5-movies-for-the-scientist-in-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/science-on-the-silver-screen-5-movies-for-the-scientist-in-you","title":{"rendered":"Science on the silver screen: 5 movies for the scientist in you"},"content":{"rendered":"

Movies are often a way for us to escape into a place of hyperrealism, whether it\u2019s a team of superheroes defending our planet against a purple alien or a boy wizard saving a magical realm. And sci-fi is, especially, a popular genre. While many of these stories on the celluloid seem inconceivable, they are often inspired by true events or concepts. The premise of some sci-fi movies may be inspired by real-life science, but filmmakers do use their creative license to make them more entertaining. Here are five movies that portray applications of real-world science, allowing us to explore and marvel at the possibilities that science can offer. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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1. Interstellar<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

There would be something amiss if Christopher Nolan\u2019s Interstellar<\/i> didn\u2019t make it to the top of this list. In a scenario when the Earth becomes increasingly inhabitable, a team of astronauts undertakes a mission to explore the possibility for the human race to inhabit a different planet. Did you know that scientists were consulted for the making of the movie? Kip Thorne, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, and the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics Emeritus at Caltech was an executive producer and served as a scientific consultant. Thorne served as a technical adviser and played a crucial role in ensuring that the concepts showcased in the movie come as close as possible to real-world physics as we know it.1<\/sup> A movie with a usually heavy emphasis on science, Nolan\u2019s Interstellar<\/i> was praised for its overall scientific accuracy, even lauded by internet\u2019s favorite astrophysicist, Niel Degrasse Tyson. The visuals along with Hans Zimmer\u2019s background score make Interstellar<\/i> a visual and auditory treat. You can watch this movie on <\/span>Netflix<\/span><\/a> or <\/span>Amazon Prime Video<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In #Interstellar<\/a>: And in the real universe, strong gravitational fields measurably slow passage of time relative to others.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n