Math in Movies: G.I. Joe - Rise of the Cobra
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This movie appeared in the year 2009. More information can be found here [external IMDb link] Direct video links: Quicktime, Webm or Ogg Theora. The shadow determines the lattitude where the picture was taken. Compare the idea of Eratostenes to measure the shadows of a stick on different locations to get the radius of the earth. Thanks to Robin Zaruba. |
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