James Cameron's Avatar

<p>In this long in development episode, we look back at the ground-breaking, record-breaking and undeniably beautiful <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_(2009_film)'>Avatar</a>.</p> <p> We see you, Cosmic Shed listeners.</p> <p><a href='https://twitter.com/astrondrew'>Andrew</a>, <a href='https://twitter.com/TimonSingh'>Ti</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/bullox'>Steve</a> are joined by the hosts of the For What it's Earth podcast <a href='https://twitter.com/EmmaBrisdion'>Emma Brisdion</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/LloydHop'>Lloyd Hopkins</a> to discuss the science and storytelling of Avatar.</p> <p> Steve, Andrew, Ti, Emma and Lloyd</p> <p>You'll also hear from <a href='https://twitter.com/conselice'>Christopher Conselice</a> whose research revealed the likely number of alien civilisations out there. Christopher  is an American astrophysicist who is currently a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Manchester.</p> <p> The floating mountain of the Valley of Mo'ara is an inspiration for Avatar's Pandora.</p> <p>Settle in under your favourite tree and listen to this brand new episode of the Cosmic Shed podcast. Oh and you might as well watch Avatar again too. It's been too long.</p> <p>show notes</p> <p><a href='http://www.thecosmicshed.com/'>The Cosmic Shed</a> is part of the <a href='https://stimulusnetwork.wordpress.com/'>Stimulus Network</a> <a href='http://wayback.archive.org/web/20150919222319/https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/feedurl/http%253A%252F%252Fthecosmicshed.podbean.com%252Ffeed%252F'>You can subscribe to The Cosmic Shed podcast</a> Very special thanks to <a href='https://twitter.com/RaoOfPhysics?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor'>Achtintya Rao</a> for his help in editing this episode. Steve and Lloyd mention <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wK1Ixr-UmM'>this</a></p>