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study (and teach) the science of astronomy, I enjoy the science fiction aspect as
well! The following list is my personal collection of Sci-fi flicks. Most are astronomy
and space related, although some in the Earth Disaster category deal with geology and
meteorology. Also, many of the movies are 'classic' Sci-fi from the 1950's and 60's.
This list is by no means exhaustive; there are lots of Sci-fi movies I don't yet have in
my collection, but are on my wish list. Those
of you in my class are welcome to borrow any of my movies on one condition: you must come
back with at least two or three questions about the material so we can have a discussion
about science fact versus science fiction.
All the movies in my collection are DVDs unless otherwise
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HISTORIC
- Apollo 13
- The Dish
- October Skies
- The Right Stuff
EARTH DISASTER
- Armageddon
- The Core
- Dante's Peak
- The Day After Tomorrow
- Deep Impact
- Solar Crisis
- Twister
- Volcano
- When Worlds Collide
- 10.5
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SPACE TRAVEL AND
EXPLORATION
- Black Hole
- Contact
- Destination Moon
- First Spaceship on Venus
- Forbidden Planet (video)
- Mission to Mars
- Red Planet
- Robinson Crusoe on Mars (video)
- Solaris
- Space Cowboys
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- Total Recall
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- 2010: The Year We Make Contact
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ALIENS
- The Abyss
- Alien series (all 4)
- Alien vs Predator
- The Arrival
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- The Crawling Eye
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- Forgotten
- Independence Day
- It Came From Outer Space
- Mars Attacks
- Men In Black I and II
- Pitch Black
- Predator
- War of the Worlds
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For a really great
discussion of the science fact vs the science fiction in some of these movies, visit the
web site
Bad Astronomy |
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| I also have a growing collection of
documentaries about astronomy. Once again, the loan offer stands with the same condition
listed above. |
Astronomy DVDs
- Cosmic Voyage
- Cosmos series (13 episodes)
- Destiny in Space
- The Dream is Alive
- The Elegant Universe
- If We Had No Moon
- Magnetic Storm
- Mars: Dead or Alive
- My Favorite Universe
- NASA: 50 Years of Space Exploration
- Origins
- Powers of Ten
- Solar Max
- Understanding the Universe
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Astronomy
Videos
- 95 Worlds and Counting
- Asteroids
- The Astronomers: Stardust
- Failure is Not an Option
- Galactic Black Holes
- Planet Storm
- Soviet Space Disasters
- Space Shuttle Columbia
- Stonehenge to Space Shuttle
- Time Travel
- Voyage to the Outer Planets and Beyond
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Geology Videos
- The Eruption of Mount St. Helens
- Volcano
- Volcanoes of Hawaii
- Ring of Fire
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