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To celebrate the release of “Avengers: Endgame,” we had physicist (and lifelong comic book fan) Jim Kakalios take a closer look at the physics of the Marvel universe. Here he reacts to 10 memorable scenes from Marvel movies and rates them based on their accuracy. Find out what exactly quantum mechanics, time dilation, Einstein’s theory of special relativity, and spider silk tell us about the superheroes of the Marvel franchise.
Which weapon would you rather have in a fight: Thor’s Mjolnir hammer or Captain America’s shield? Hint: The answer has to do with the conservation of energy — and the sonoluminescence of vibranium. Dr. Kakalios breaks down the physics behind this and many other Marvel phenomena, including Shuri’s holographic car in “Black Panther;” Peter Parker’s spider-webbing train save in “Spider-Man 2;” the multiverse theory of “Doctor Strange;” the role of Pym particles and the Higgs boson in “Ant-Man;” artificial gravity in “Guardians of the Galaxy;” and Tony Stark’s cybernetic helmet and gold-titanium exoskeleton in “Iron Man.” He sheds light on why Carol Danvers doesn’t age from “Captain Marvel” to “Avengers: Endgame;” why the Space Stone is so powerful when yielded by Thanos in “Avengers: Infinity War;” and what’s with all the talk of quantum entanglement, quantum tunneling, and “quantum mumbo-jumbo” in “Ant-Man and the Wasp.”
Kakalios is the author of three books — “The Physics of Superheroes,” “The Physics of Everyday Things,” and “The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics.” He was a science consultant for Sony’s 2012 film “The Amazing Spider-Man.” Before that, he won an Emmy for his work as a science consultant for the Warner Bros. superhero film “Watchmen.” A physics professor at the University of Minnesota, Kakalios teaches a popular class that uses comic books to illustrate the principles of physics.
For more, visit:
https://www.amazon.com/Physics-Everyday-Things-Extraordinary-Ordinary/dp/0770437737
https://www.amazon.com/Physics-Superheroes-James-Kakalios/dp/1592402429
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Physicist Breaks Down The Science Of 10 Iconic Marvel Scenes
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This is Sheldon cooper in the year 2045
but shuri never actually interacts with the hologram, she is interacting with whatever the sand is
I love that he talks about how brittle the gold-titanium alloys they had just a year ago were, and they've just created a new one that is now the hardest substance known to man.
Science freaking rocks.
Crime boss gingivitis
The guy knows his stuff
So kool, he's using his knowledge of physics to bridge the gap between reality and fiction. Your life sir has meaning.😁
Bro, you forget about 11 Dimension
Dormammu, I come to bargain
I have to say, in his first example with the elevator…I don't think you would simply stay standing on the floor of the elevator if you suddenly became weightless. Your muscles are exerting some force through your legs against the floor of the elevator to keep you standing upright. If gravity suddenly disappeared, a large part of that force becomes unnecessary and would jolt you upwards. Imagine the little jolt you feel as the elevator starts down…but it just keeps going, times 10.
Still waiting for the real Wizard reacting to Harry Potter movies.
With all due respect, dude is a nerd.
Brie Larson suck's
The people standing would lift off the floor because their legs are like precompressed posts which when gravity is removed would decompress in one direction only because they're restrained by the (assumed rigid) floor and generating momentum lifting the body along with the legs off the floor. I stopped watching after he made a mistake in the first one…
Love how ant man scene is less scientifically accurate than dr strange xD…now that is strange haha
This video is so wholesome it breaks my heart.
What film is he talking about at 13:26?
This just popped up in my feed… but while I’m here if caps shield absorb all impact how does it bounce?
does aqua man talk to whales, dolphins?
true scientist would disagree there's gonna a Capt Marvel 2
Wow that Tie 👔
I'm so happy with the Ant Man explanation cos their stupid explanation bothered me the whole film.
7:40 should've puted "Best Spiderman" they will recognized much easier
8:45 I'm pretty sure his arms would have been ripped off if this was real
In Iron man .. Tony have Jarvis to control the suit …not with mind control . In scene where tony stand against those terrorist who's holding people like a shield …. Tony use his fingers to make a "finger combination" like a haptic boot suit from Ready player one . Make some sort of finger combination to do something. Turn on-off ARC thrusters or us those shooting darts.
That guys wrong about the gravity. Cause when the elevator cables broke on a lady In the world trade plane crash in the 90's she floated when the elevator reached the 40 level floors , and she was standing still when it happen
i litterally got 7 commercials watching this video. F*** youtube, just a bunch of shameless money grabbers.
I love his tie
"Reality is for who has no imagination" (Hayao Miyazaki)
Cause every physicist loves a talking racoon!
I hate Sciene but this was so entertaining and I learned a lot
5:08 I saw Evangelion x Iron Man
When Shuri goes in the hologram car the seat and wheel are formed by small beads or something like that as it shows once the car is destroyed and the hologram disappears and you also see beads falling.
"they dont break" as one breaks smh
its CGI
I want to smoke weed and watch movies and talk science with this beautiful nerd!!!
LOVE THE TIE!!!
🙂
The smiles on that man's face really shows that he's REALLY a fan tgoo
If his lessons involve applying physics to marvel characters' powers, I would guess he has one of the more popular classes at his school.
Scriptwriters and directors : huh…..okay alright I guess yea
I listened my teacher 2 years about physics and i did not understand anything and i listened this guy for 20 mins and understand something that i will forget tommorow.
13:04 the description reminds me of a Mirror 😀 or at least it fits to it
Also if you are in a elevator and you are not working there. Jump up while the elevator is going down.
i didnt even know what vibranium was until this video
He's that one nerd kid who loves superheroes
You've got to wonder if he became a physics professor because he loved superheroes or if his work in physics gave him his love of superheroes. Either way, great guy!