Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk

HERE'S A NEW LOOK AT SKYDIVING. Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk not only provides breathtaking views of skydiving over the Florida Keys, the Mojave Desert, and in the magnificent Fjords of Norway, but this giant-screen experience also explores the psychological and physiological forces behind risk-taking (as well as the physics involved in these activities). In doing so, it also shows us how risk-taking is part of everyday life.

The storyline focuses on two risk-takers, Adrian Nicholas and Katarina Ollikainen. Nicholas, a veteran skydiver who has performed thousands of jumps, is the record holder for the longest unassisted human flight, a 4-minute 55-second flight at speeds of up to 120 miles/hour that took place in 1999. Adrenaline Rush follows these two experts as they prepare to undertake a unique scientific experiment: trying to fly the parachute imagined in 1485 by Leonardo da Vinci.

From the soaring and breathtaking cliffs of Norway to the calm and inspiring immensity of the Mojave Desert, from Thomas Edison's laboratory to a simple American schoolyard, Adrenaline Rush is more than a thrilling visual experience, it's an invitation to explore our inner selves and a statement that there is no such thing as having little courage.

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