Friday, April 12, 2013

Physics in prime time TV

My family has been enjoying watching the comedy TV series 3rd Rock from the sun from the 1990s. We thank Jure Kokalj for introducing us to it. The main character Dick Solomon is a physics professor so occasionally there is some physics. Unfortunately, some of the "physics" is just mumbo-jumbo. This is unlike The Big Bang Theory which has accurate physics.

Nevertheless, this clip has some pretty classic physics lines.

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