Is there such a thing as a scientific movie?
Recently, I have been dealing with the question of whether a film is capable of conveying scientific knowledge. By this, I do not mean the more or less reputable science programs on television, which tend to contribute to the popularization of scientific knowledge. Nor do I mean film as the object of scientific study in film studies. Rather, I am concerned with the question of whether film can adequately convey a scientific, controversial subject matter. The starting point for this was a study that has not yet been published and that was conducted in the Department of Education at the University of Trier: a comparison of the teaching methods of film and text in terms of their effectiveness in learning when dealing with scientific knowledge.
read the article: Is there such a thing as a scientific movie?