A3_1 ”Scared Potter?”: The Force of Spells
| Title: | A3_1 ”Scared Potter?”: The Force of Spells |
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| Authors: | Potts, Daniel; Morton, Eleanor Kate; Capoccia, Michele; Hodnett, Rosie; Shingles, Sam |
| Source: | Physics Special Topics; Vol 18, No 1 (2019) |
| Publisher Information: | The University of Leicester |
| Publication Year: | 2019 |
| Collection: | University of Leicester Open Journals |
| Description: | In this paper we investigate the magnitude of the force experienced by a body following an impact from a spell in the Harry Potter film series. After comparing five different spells we determined that the strongest spell was cast by the character Dobby, producing a force of 3600N. Comparing this to the force of a static push, we find that this force is not large enough to propel a human several meters in the real world. |
| Document Type: | article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/pst/article/view/3281/2917; https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/pst/article/view/3281 |
| Availability: | https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/pst/article/view/3281 |
| Rights: | Copyright (c) 2019 Physics Special Topics |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.6B90622F |
| Database: | BASE |