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New Stephen Hawking Movie in the Works
Simon Behler writes "The Sunday Times is reporting that Stephen Hawking is making a new movie. FTA: 'Professor Stephen Hawking, Britain's world-renowned physicist, is to switch from theories of multidimensional space to the three dimensions of the Imax cinema by starring in a film that sets out his ideas on the origins and fate of the universe. The film, Beyond the Horizon, will tackle some of the most daunting theories espoused by Hawking and other cosmologists, from the idea that space has up to 11 dimensions to the cause of the big bang itself.'"
to the three dimensions of the Imax cinema
So, is the third dimension apparent depth? If Imax shows are still displayed on flat screens...
Because this is a film (presumably with him at the helm in some form) about his *ideas* - not about his personal challenges in life, which was the focus of the BBC dramatisation.
As someone lucky enough to attend one of his lectures on his cosmological theories a few years ago I think it is an interesting idea. The principle feeling I was left with after the hour and a half was that there were some very intriguing thoughts he was attempting to convey, but the visualisation of such thoughts was very difficult. Hopefully some moviefx render farms, graphical artists etc may be able to make the ideas come alive on the big screen in a way that they never could in a lecture presentation.
I would love to see Hawking's reply to String Theory.
After trying to read the "Elegant Universe", I became more convinced than ever that String Theory as really grasping at straws, but when surrounded by darkness, a straw is better than empty space.
I haven't the foggiest idea where the truth really lies. Maybe Hawking does. In any event, there are not many more illustrative ways of communicating one's ideas than a good animated presentation.
Dont ya know Einstein was riding on the same confusion regarding gravity being nothing more than our perception of a time warp which is influenced by the presence of mass? And we still apparently don't know why.
I have seen much discussion involving the "graviton", relating it to the photon. Apparently I can stop a photonic flux with a photonic shield ( aka "sunshade" )... anyone been able to shade matter from the "graviton flux" yet? I haven't seen it.
It may be a long time before I can really accept any of the theory as fact, but nevertheless, I would love to see their concept of what they think happened.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
I'm still waiting for my buddy's theory of the universe to be disproven:
"Matter [and energy] is nothing more than carefully arranged empty space."
Modern copyright is theft of culture from everyone and it retards the progress of the useful arts and sciences.
Isn't it accepted by most cosmologists that time came into existance with the Big Bang? Kind of makes it hard for a cause-effect relationship, doesn't it?