{"id":15573,"date":"2015-02-20T07:05:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T13:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=15573"},"modified":"2015-02-16T13:34:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T19:34:09","slug":"science-in-television-and-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/15573","title":{"rendered":"Science in television and movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UWW Chem Club is sponsoring a free live webinar “Chemistry on the Silver Screen” on Tues., Feb. 24, at 5:45 p.m.<\/strong> in Upham room 140. The webinar will feature science advisors to Breaking Bad<\/em><\/a> and other entertainment like the movie Gravity. Following the webinar, stay to watch the pilot episode of Breaking Bad<\/em>. Light refreshments will be available for purchase (a bag of popcorn for 50 cents, a can of soda for 50 cents).<\/p>\n

\"coverInterested in how science and mathematics in popular entertainment can be used to teach? Andersen Library has resources, including books like The physics of the Buffyverse<\/em><\/a> (3rd-Floor Main Collection, QC75 .O84 2006), The physics of Star Trek<\/em><\/a> (3rd-Floor Main Collection, QB500 .K65 1995), The Simpsons and their mathematical secrets<\/em><\/a> (3rd-Floor Main Collection, QA99 .S48 2013), The physics of superheroes<\/em><\/a> (3rd-floor Main Collection, QC24.5 .K3 2006), and The public image of chemistry<\/em><\/a> (online). Articles available include “Using science fiction movies in introductory physics<\/a>” (The Physics Teacher<\/em>, 2005, vol.43, pp.463-465), “Lorenzo’s Oil<\/em> as a vehicle for teaching chemistry content, processes of science, and sociology of science in a general education chemistry classroom<\/a>” (Journal of Chemical Education<\/em>, 2011, vol.88:no.10, pp.1380-1384), and “Put some movie Wow! in your chemistry teaching<\/a>” (Journal of Chemical Education<\/em>, 2012, vol.89:no.9, pp.1138-1143).<\/p>\n

These titles are just a sample of the resources available on these topics. Please ask a librarian<\/a> for assistance with finding additional resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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