Science on the Screen
Not a place for checking a film's homework. Which theory did it borrow, and how was that theory turned into a story? You need not have seen the film — the plot comes first.
Leg 1 · Contact — Why the Message Begins with Prime Numbers
- 11990Carl Sagan · The Pale Blue Dot
- 21967Jocelyn Bell Burnell · Pulsars
- 31915Einstein · General relativity
Leg 2 · Interstellar — Where One Hour Costs Seven Years
- 41905Einstein · Special relativity
- 52019Event Horizon Telescope
- 61974Stephen Hawking · Hawking radiation