For Kaplan, this documentary can help make science as much a part of the everyday conversation as, say, religion. "I thought a cultural transformation was in order, and [particle physics] was the ...

Emphasising his and Kaplan's aim of making a character-orientated film, as opposed to an explanatory physics documentary, he continued: "I think the challenge was how to deal with an extremely ...

Mark Levinson is a film director whose most recent film, Particle Fever, was about the discovery of the Higgs boson. In this interview, he talks to Margaret Harris about why he left physics research ...

The film discusses the historical development and principles of electrodynamics, starting with Luigi Galvani's chance discovery of electric current through the twitching of a frog's leg.

Demonstrates basic principles of water, including surface tension, pressure, and buoyancy. It shows how water can hold more than its brim due to surface tension, how pressure increases with depth ...

Yes, because the physicists who loom large in the film world – male or female, heroes or villains – are often presented as extremely attractive people. And, if one is to believe the movies, physics is ...

Physics professor Rhett Allain breaks down amazing feats of physics from superheroes in movies and television and explains how accurate their depictions really are. How realistic are "superhero ...

(Bizarrely, another musician, Mark Everett from a band called Eels, made possibly the best physics documentary of the past decade, Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives, about his father, the late Hugh ...

It transcends traditional documentaries by blending neuroscience, quantum physics, and space science with a human touch, fostering new dialogues and collaborations while adding a sprinkle of fun and ...

As the film shows, Moses – who majored in physics and industrial engineering at Morehouse – dominated his opponents on the track by outthinking them. “His path to becoming unbeaten began ...

to introduce the public to some really cutting-edge and kind of sci-fi-sounding ideas that are part of physics right now. Are there specific contributions that you made to the film’s plot?