num_pages: 272
description: Don’t Try This At Home! The Physics of Hollywood Movies is a fresh look at the basics of physics through the filmmaker’s lens. It will deconstruct, demystify, and debunk popular Hollywood films through the scientific explanations of the action genre’s most dynamic and unforgettable scenes.   Sample movie sequence and related physics   In ""Speed,"" a city bus going over 50 mph jumps over a 50-foot chasm--successfully. An examination of force, acceleration, Newton's Laws, impulse, momentum, and projectile motion follows.
language: English
title: Don't Try This At Home!: The Physics of Hollywood Movies
titlecomplete: Don't Try This At Home!: The Physics of Hollywood Movies
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Kaplan Publishing