Interstellar - An Astronomer's Perspective WEA Sydney

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Abundant in its scientific concepts, multiple award-winning movie Interstellar is a successful venture where astrophysics meets entertainment. The executive director and the scientific consultant of this movie was 2017 Nobel laureate in Physics, Kip Thorne. In this lecture, we will explore some of the astrophysical concepts: wormhole, supermassive black hole, time dilation, slingshot manoeuvre, five-dimensional tesseract, and more.

DELIVERY MODE

  • Face-to-Face / Online

COURSE OUTLINE

  • Summary of the Interstellar movie
  • Discuss some interesting astrophysical concepts shown in the movie
  • How much of the scientific contents are reliable?
  • What scientific concepts are wrong?

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

  1. Understand some mesmerising astrophysical concepts, wormhole, supermassive blackhole, etc.
  2. Learn how we can critically think about the science concepts illustrated in sci-fi movies.