CSAAPT Fall 2022 Semi-Virtual Meeting

Session

Featured Talk 1 (Chair: James Freericks, Zoom Monitor: Maria Gordon)

Oct 22, 2022, 10:30 AM

Room 214 (VT Northern Virginia Center)

23. The Physics of Star Wars

Prof. Patrick Johnson (Georgetown University)

10/22/22, 10:30 AM

Since he was young, Prof. Johnson has loved both science and Star Wars. As an adult, he wrote a book that tries to explain different theories as to how scenes and devices in the Star Wars universe work.

Have you ever wondered how the Death Star works? How shields can stop catapults, but droids can walk right through? This talk will offer possible explanations of these scenes and...