VGFacts

Full Version: Sonic Adventure 2 -- Bernal -> Bernoulli
You're currently viewing a stripped down version of our content. View the full version with proper formatting.
In Sonic Adventure 2, Tails refers the ARK as the first "Bernoulli spherical space colony". This is phrase is meaningless, as Bernoulli is a mathematician and physicist most known for his contributions to fluid dynamics (the Bernoulli principle is named after him). This is actually the result of a mistranslation, as the original Japanese has Tails says "ベルナール " or bernal, in reference to a bernal sphere, which is a space habitat designed for long time use, proposed by John Desmond Bernal in his book "The World, The Flesh, & The Devil."


(Japanese, line is at 30:27, watch with CC on for fan translation)


(English, line is at 18:52)


Here is a link to Bernal's book if you would like to take a read:
http://bactra.org/Bernal/