Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Physics on Netflix


The Netflix series, 3-body Problem, features physics and physicists throughout. I am not a big fan of science fiction, but watched the first episode, to try and get a sense of why the series is attracting so much attention. The opening scene (in the video above) is rooted in history. It depicts a "struggle session" during the Cultural Revolution, featuring the denunciation and killing of a physics professor, who is the father of the main character in the series.

For some more on the intellectual and political background see

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