'Avatar': The Real-Life Science Behind the Fantasy | DigitalYarns …

Posted by axxmart on 2nd January , 2010

‘Avatar’: The Real-Life Science Behind the Fantasy . The producer of “Avatar” is fond of saying that writer and director James Cameron does not write science fiction , he writes science fact. From theuggs outlet reclining, cup-holdered seat of a … (The very name, “unobtanium,” is a nod to sci-fi afficionados, who coined the word to describe a material with mythical properties.) In Cameron’s world, unobtanium can conduct electricity without resistance at room temperature; …

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