Turbulent flow is a common form of fluid motion, the core problem of fluid mechanics, and a difficult problem of the century.
At 14:00 on March 18, the press conference of the large-scale original science and education film "Mystery of Turbulence" was held in Shanghai Science and Technology Cinema.
This film is one of the 2022 National Publishing Fund Project "Searching for the Secret of Nature" (Second Season) series, produced by Science Sound (Shanghai Light Cone Culture Media Co., Ltd.), Shanghai Education Publishing House and Haiwen Audio-Visual Publishing House Published.
In the opening part, the scene of the film "Mystery of Turbulence" reproduces the large-scale air crash caused by clear-air turbulence in 1969. Turbulent flow is a common form of fluid motion, the core problem of fluid mechanics, and a difficult problem of the century. It has become one of the key bottlenecks affecting the success or failure of national aviation, aerospace, navigation and other projects, and it is a major application basic issue that the country urgently needs to solve. American theoretical physicist Richard Feynman once said that turbulence is "the last important unsolved problem in classical physics."
The film crew of "The Mystery of Turbulence" visited the turbulence research laboratories of the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University and many other national scientific research institutions, and interviewed top Chinese scientists in the field, from the physical mechanism to the national strategy. Using advanced animation and other image technologies, coupled with professional explanations, the research history and cutting-edge research status of turbulence, a complex phenomenon, are vividly presented.
At the same time, the film also shows the hard work and hard work of scientists in the process of studying turbulence, showing their professionalism and enthusiasm for scientific exploration.
Some viewers said that this is a rare high-quality scientific film, which provides a good opportunity for people to understand the cutting-edge progress of turbulence research and attract more people to be interested in fluid mechanics and even scientific research. More similar science documentaries can popularize scientific knowledge for the masses.
Professor Fu Song, chairman of the Asian Fluid Mechanics Committee, believes that the play is both informative and entertaining.
Jiang Shiliang, deputy director of the Shanghai Science Popularization Writers Association, believes that the film emphasizes the indispensability and infinite charm of scientific thinking in a more vivid and concrete way, and is a milestone in my country's scientific film and television.
At 14:00 on March 18, the large-scale original science and education film "Mystery of Turbulence" ("Secrets of Nature" series films) premiered at Shanghai Science and Technology Cinema.
Ni Qianlong, vice chairman of the Shanghai Association for Science and Technology, delivered an opening speech at the press conference. He said that science popularization is a noble cause and an important foundation for the construction of Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Center.
According to Ni Qianlong, the screenwriter, director and main creator of the film, Wang Jie, was originally a popular science internet celebrity. In addition to making scientific and educational films, Wang Jie founded the "Science Voice", aiming at the frontiers of science and social hot spots, and created a series of informative High-quality popular science books, popular science audio and video programs that are comprehensive, interesting and artistic, disseminate scientific knowledge in an easy-to-understand and entertaining way, and are recognized and welcomed by the masses.
The "Mystery of Nature" (Second Season) series explores the mysteries of the four natures - "Mystery of Turbulence", "Geomagnetic Reversal", "Exploring the Cambrian Period" and "Fast Radio Burst", from a Chinese perspective. The exploration stories of Chinese scientists have aroused the interest of the public, especially young people, in science, ignited the ideals of more young people to devote themselves to science, and inspired the public to realize the dream of rejuvenating the country through science and technology.
At present, the film "Secrets of the Cambrian" of "Searching for Nature" (season two) has been released online for free for people to watch. On the afternoon of March 18, in addition to the premiere of the film "Mystery of Turbulence", the film "Fast Radio Burst", which shows the hard work of scientists to explore the causes of strange astronomical phenomena, was also released for the first time. At present, only the "Geomagnetic Reversal" film is left to be released.
Wang Jie, the screenwriter, director and main creator of the "Secrets of Nature" series, revealed that in addition to the first and second seasons that have already been completed, the third season of "Secrets of Nature" is currently being filmed and produced, with a total investment of no less than 8 million Yuan. In the future, he hopes that the total investment in "Looking for the Secret of Nature" (the fourth season) will reach 20 million yuan.
"A world-class scientific documentary must be collectively created by an excellent team. Any weak link in the screenwriting, director, production, special effects, camera, lighting, service, post-production and other links will greatly affect the final quality of the film. To this end, we have brought together first-class domestic talents, with the goal of showing the charm of science with the most professional film and television equipment and the performance techniques of Hollywood commercial blockbusters." Wang Jie said.
Wang Jie said that a person with a scientific spirit can change his life. A group of people with scientific spirit can change the future of a nation. It is believed that the wide dissemination of the "Secrets of Nature" series of films will bring scientific enlightenment and encouragement to more people, and contribute to the promotion of scientific and technological innovation and popularization of science in our country.
