12. The Science Isn’t Exactly Right…
Although science (particularly chemistry) plays a fundamental role in Breaking Bad, the science in the series isn’t completely accurate…
The woman behind the science…
What might come as a surprise is that the scientific errors made were completely intentional.
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Dr. Donna Nelson, a chemistry professor at the University of Oklahoma, worked as a science advisor on the show during the first season.
Dr Donna Nelson…
Nelson’s job was to ensure the science behind Breaking Bad was correct, but more importantly safe.
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In an interview with Mental Floss in 2013, she shared:
“I don’t think there’s any popular show that gets it 100 percent right, but that’s not the goal,”
Behind the scenes…
Nelson continued by saying:
“The goal is not to be a science education show; the goal is to be a popular show. And so there’s always going to be some creative license taken, because they want to make the show interesting.”
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