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Movies(fiction)
[Movie review] Mission Mangal: How India Conquered Mars on a Budget (Director Jagan Shakti, Starring Akshay Kumar)
Actually, only India has succeeded in sending a spacecraft to Mars in a single attempt. Both the United States and Russia have failed many times. Furthermore, India's space development budget is overwhelmingly low compared to major countries. Why was India able to accomplish this great feat? Let's learn project management from the movie "Mission Mangal". -
Science/Mathematics
Entanglement: How Einstein Helped Us Understand Quantum Mechanics: “The Age of Entanglement” (Louisa Gilder)
Although Einstein never accepted quantum mechanics, his criticisms helped to shed light on important aspects such as the significance of "entanglement." In "The Age of Entanglement: When Quantum Physics was Reborn," we can learn about the phenomena that form the foundation of quantum theory. -
Science/Mathematics
Higgs Boson: The Untold Story of a Big Discovery: “The Particle at the End of the Universe” (Sean Carroll)
Science research can no longer be done at an individual level and now requires large-scale "Big Science" collaborations. In this context, based on "The Particle at the End of the Universe," which delves into the behind-the-scenes story of the discovery of the "Higgs boson," I will consider how scientific achievements should be evaluated. -
Science/Mathematics
The Quest for Prime Numbers: “The Riemann Hypothesis” (Karl Sabbagh), “The Music of the Primes” (Marcus du Sautoy)
"Prime numbers" have fascinated mathematicians from all over the world for centuries. It was very difficult to find their patterns, but for the first time, it was showed as the "Riemann Hypothesis". From books like "The Music of the Primes" and "The Riemann Hypothesis: The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics," we can gain a basic understanding of the "Riemann Hypothesis" that genius mathematicians have taken on. -
Science/Mathematics
String Theory: A New Way to Understand Gravity: “Warped Passages” (Lisa Randall)
Lisa Randall, an active researcher, explains her hypothesis in a way that is easy for the general public to understand in her book "Warped Passages." The book explains the "Warped Passages," which are derived from string theory and describe why gravity is super weak, while delving deeply into the knowledge of General relativity and quantum mechanics. -
Documentaries
Nuclear Waste: The Unsolved Problem of Our Time: “Journey to the Safest Place on Earth” (Edgar Hagen)
Our daily lives rely on the electricity generated by nuclear power plants, but the fact remains that no country in the world has yet decided on a final disposal site for nuclear waste. Based on the movie "Journey to the Safest Place on Earth," learn about the history of the issue of "nuclear waste" and the struggle of people who are confronting it.