Monthly Archives: November 2019

I have mixed feelings about this movie.  It has some great physics in it, things no film has tried to portray this accurately before.  But it also has some far-fetched aspects and Hollywood touches that detract from the overall experience … Continue reading →

I really like this movie; it’s the closest any feature presentation has come to showing what the life of an astronomer is really like. That’s probably because the movie is based on a novel written by the eminent astrophysicist Carl … Continue reading →

Assignment: After reading Ch. 24 of “Bad Astronomy” by Philip Plait, write a blog review of tonight’s feature film commenting specifically, citing scenes and examples, on how this movie stacks up against Plait’s “Top Ten Examples of Bad Astronomy in Major … Continue reading →