Hollywood science - call for film and TV clips
Dr Jonathan Hare, star of BBC TV's Hollywood science series, wants to investigate the truth behind the science in your favourite film clips
Could Bruce Willis have survived the fall in Die hard? Do acid lakes exist and could you cross one in a metal boat as they did in Dante's Peak? What is Kevin Costner actually drinking at the start of Waterworld? The answers to these and 'similar' questions can be found in Education in Chemistry's student supplement, InfoChem in my column On-screen chemistry.
The series is based on the Hollywood science (HS) series, broadcast a few years ago on BBC TV and presented by myself and Robert Lewellyn (of Red dwarf and Scrapheap challenge fame). The idea was to scrutinise carefully selected short clips from films (or TV) and ask: 'Could this really be done or is it just a "Hollywood" stunt?'. It's a way to explore what might really be possible, to try out 'back-of-the-envelope' type calculations, and get experience of making estimates in science.
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