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Science of Watchmen

University of Minnesota physics professor James Kakalios discusses how he was tapped to add a physics perspective to the upcoming Warner Brothers movie, Watchmen. Kakalios discusses how quantum mec...  
 
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batman1965me (3 days ago) Show Hide
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Science, gotta love it.
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Tigerhours (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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scalar waves is what your after..
Heard of nick tesla before? I would bet a mill Alan moore has..
Look up Tom bearden here on you tube.

The future was a hundred years ago.. lol
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hydrogen i believe, hence the one "electron". im no chemist, but im pretty sure hydrogen is one of the most basic elements, so i guess it would be something Dr. Manhattan would consider a "symbol of something he respected"
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WHY DO I FIND SCIENCE INTERESTING
zhugeliang21 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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It's simply becoz you'd find religions and spiritual stuff are boring and dull.
KTheBoi (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Yes indeed.
aakashsurya (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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how so?
aakashsurya (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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it's the electron shell diagram (according to Neil Bohr's electron model) of the hydrogen atom. if you read the comic book actually, the part where he draws it is better explained.

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