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Big budget movies that got their science right

Discover five movies that got science correct and explore how they present scientific concepts realistically.

Written byPhil Plait

2010-09-02T23:08:22 | 1 min read

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For my second article for Blastr -- SyFy Channel's web portal -- I wrote an article about five movies that actually got some science correct. Not all of it, mind you, but at least some! So head on over there and see what I chose, and add your own to the comments.

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