Making Sci-Fi Movies True To Reality
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 16:50
in Physics & Chemistry
As manager of outreach at Caltech’s Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, physicist Spiros Michalakis is charged with not only researching quantum mechanics but also getting people excited about it. To do so he makes science-themed comics and videogames and consults on movies, including this summer's Ant-Man and the planned remake of Fantastic Voyage. We spoke with Michalakis about how the science in sci-fi blockbusters holds up--and whether it even matters that it does.Popular Science: In Ant-Man, the hero gains super-strength when he shrinks. How would the physics behind that…