Quantum Physicist Reacts to the Physics of Ant-Man

For 50% off your first month of any subscription crate from KiwiCo (available in 40 countries!) head to https://kiwico.com/dos In the Marvel movie Ant-Man, he wears a suit that makes him small. But if his limiter stops working he gets too small and will enter the quantum realm where bad things happen (apparently). I hadn’t seen this film but lots of people in my comments were saying that they discovered my quantum physics videos because of Ant-Man, so I wanted to take a look for myself and see what the quality of the science is. The science in movies is often a bit wrong, especially when it comes to physics and even more especially when it comes to quantum mechanics. But I’m okay with wonky science if it is needed for the plot. They are stories after all, not university lectures. So my challenge for myself was not just to gauge the correctness of the science, but also see if I could come up with better scenarios that use correct science, but also still maintain the needs of the plot and story. #quantum #marvel #DomainOfScience --- Posters ---- DFTBA Store: https://store.dftba.com/collections/domain-of-science RedBubble Store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/DominicWalliman I have also made posters available for educational use which you can find here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/95869671@N08/ -- Some Awesome People --- And many thanks to my $10 supporters and above on Patreon, you are awesome! Bob Milano Joel Richmond Alex Polo Anca Selariu Eric Epstein Hipotures Kamil Qbitskey Mark Pickenheim noggieB Raj Duphare Petr Murmak Prabhakar R Reggie Fourmyle Sandy Toye Sebastian Terrence Masson Theodore Chu Join the gang and help support me produce free and high quality science content: https://www.patreon.com/domainofscience --- Special Thanks --- Special thanks to Sarah Johnson https://twitter.com/SJDJ and Henry Reich https://www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics for their fact checking help. --- My Science Books ---- I also write science books for kids called Professor Astro Cat. You can see them all here: http://profastrocat.com --- Follow me around the internet --- http://dominicwalliman.com https://twitter.com/DominicWalliman https://www.instagram.com/dominicwalliman --- Credits --- Presented and edited by Dominic Walliman --- Chapters --- 00:00 Intro 00:35 Atomic Distances 03:57 Cracking a Safe 09:06 Remote Controlled Ants 11:46 The Quantum Realm 14:39 Sponsor Message 16:09 Shrinking Between Atoms 21:23 Conclusion


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