Simulated meets Real!

British science and film converge at this year's #Oscars. @MariaSpiropulu @asymptotia @jonesfelicity @eddieronline pic.twitter.com/SO8sCJRKMu

— Nick Hooper (@hoops225) February 23, 2015

And by way of explanation, here’s an extract from a public Facebook post I did with details…

Here’s a freshly minted Oscar winner who played a scientist surrounded by… scientists! I’m with fellow physicists Erik Verlinde, Maria Spiropulu, and David Saltzberg at an event last month. Front centre are of course actors Eddie Redmayne (Best Actor winner 2015 for Theory of Everything) and Felicity Jones (Best Actress – nominee) along with the screenwriter of the film, Anthony McCarten. The British Consul-General Chris O’Connor is on the right. (Photo was courtesy of Getty Images.)

I asked Eddie Redmayne whether he enjoyed learning some of the physics that he had to talk about as part of his role. He said that it was mostly over his head, but that he had some good help from a former student of Stephen Hawking’s who is at Imperial College. I’m wondering who that is. Possibly Fay Dowker or Jerome Gauntlett? Anybody know? [Update: It was Jerome.]

-cvj