# Movies about scientists at work. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 18, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-about-scientists-at-work/473275 "2008-11-18T14:22:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-about-scientists-at-work/473275/61 "2008-11-21T02:04:56Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > How could you make a riveting film about the [Michelson-Morley experiment](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson-Morley_Experiment)? Announcer: In a world driven by hard science… …two innocent photons thought they would be together forever… … but neither of them expected… …the half-silvered mirror. Now they are on a quest to be reunited, but will their interference by constructive or destructive? What patterns will this clash of light beams display? Will their love, and diffraction patterns, remain constant even after rotating the entie apparatus? Or will they be caught up in the only thing standing in their way… _The Aether_ tagline: **All energy traves through a medium. Even love.** or: **Just because you can’t see it…** ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-about-scientists-at-work/473275/62 "2008-11-21T14:01:03Z")
> [@Hero\_From\_Sector\_7G](#): > > [Life Story](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093815/) is about Watson and Crick racing to discover the structure of DNA. Already discussed twice under the title “Race for the Double Helix.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-about-scientists-at-work/473275.md?page=3)