14 May 2020

Materials: Fact or Fiction - Adamantium

From Nights, 7:35 pm on 14 May 2020

Tonight Dr. Chris Bumby,  Principal Scientist at Victoria University of Wellington’s Robinson Institute; and Associate Investigator at the MacDiarmid Institute gies us his scientific take on Adamantium  - one of several ‘amazing materials’ which have been invented over the years by the authors of Marvel comics. The ‘indestructible’ metal which becomes infused into the skeleton of the mutant X-men hero – Wolverine (played by Hugh Jackman in the movies).

Hugh Jackman in X Men Origins: Wolverine 2009

Hugh Jackman in X Men Origins: Wolverine 2009 Photo: © Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation / Marvel Entertainment / Bad Hat Harry Productions / Donners Company