"Stranger Things nods to many concepts of basic physics. Principles of electromagnetism explain haywire compasses, as well as magnets that spontaneously fall off a refrigerator. And in the third season, the characters save the world by using Planck's constant during their quest to close a gate to the other universe, called the Upside Down (although the show uses the 2014 value for Planck's constant, which wouldn't have been standard in the 1980s setting)."
"Perhaps the most prominent physics phenomenon mentioned in the programme, however, is the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. After deducing that their friend might be stuck in the Upside Down, three pre-teen-boy protagonists ask their science teacher how they could travel there. He responds, "You guys have been thinking about Hugh Everett's many-worlds interpretation, haven't you?" In the 1950s, the US physicist Hugh Everett really did propose such an explanation for modern physics, and his theory has been collecting devotees ever since."
Stranger Things portrays monsters from a parallel universe unleashed by secret government lab work in a small Indiana town. The series references real physics concepts such as electromagnetism to explain haywire compasses and falling magnets. In season three, characters use Planck's constant to close a gate to the Upside Down, though the show uses a 2014 value anachronistic for the 1980s setting. The many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics is explicitly mentioned as a potential explanation for parallel universes. Hugh Everett proposed the many-worlds idea in the 1950s as a response to the quantum measurement problem.
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