Contact

We're kicking off new year with an all-time favourite! Robert Zemeckis' Contact from 1997.There's so much going on in the movie, where do we start? Freda is rude enough to mention Fourier transforms, Abby tries to hear what the Universe (or maybe Pulsars) is trying to say and we play tribute to Arecibo.I like it's bigness!__________Extra stuff 4 the extra listeners:Carl Sagan supercuthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZmafy_v8g8&t=73sArecibo Collapse from Now Thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h-f9PNe_wwCan space slow down cancer?https://newatlas.com/medical/low-gravity-kill-cancer-cells-space/Eugene Hecht's Optics, buy used:Australia:https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-au/books/eugene-hecht/optics/9780201838879UK:https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/books/eugene-hecht/optics/9780201838879US:https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/Optics--4-e-9788131718070 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Do you like science? Do you like movies? Well, have we got a combo for you! Every two weeks join us, real life physicists Freda and Abi, while we break down the science behind some of the best and worst movie plots out there. We also get real about the depiction of scientists and their working environment in movies and lay it all on the table with our WTF moments. We're not about debunking, we're here to show our appreciation to the art of movie magic but reserve the right to laugh and shout as well as applaud where deserved! Here comes the science... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.