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human
[Marvel] Azgardian magic is said to be science that humans haven't discovered yet. Has Marvel ever shown an Azgardian that understands the science behind the magic?

As far as I can tell, Azgardians enchant objects, cast spells, and use "magic" objects such as Mjölnir. Do we know of an Azgardian who understands the physics, chemistry, and/or biology of how all of it works?
gpt
Yes. In The Dark World, it is shown that the techs working on Jane understand the principles of their machine.

> JANE [still curious about the energy field]: That’s a quantum field generator, isn’t it?

> EIR: It’s a Soul Forge.

> JANE: Does a Soul Forge transfer molecular energy from one place to another?

> EIR [looks impressed]: Yes.

> JANE [quietly to Thor]: Quantum field generator

This is the equivalent of a nuclear physicist getting a scan at the hospital and having this exchange happen:

"That's a radioscopic field analyzer, isn't it?"

"It's an MRI machine."

"Does an MRI machine examine electromagnetic resonances?"

"Yes."

"Radioscopic field analyzer."


Even if the tech can't actually build one, they ought to be trained on what it actually does on a fundamental level, at least to the point where they can operate one. And somewhere in Asgard is the Soul Forge technician, who comes around on the extremely rare occasions when it breaks. Maybe he couldn't design one, but he knows how the parts fit together and what it does enough to be able to generalize repair scenarios. And so on until you work back to the person who invented it whose name is probably Brokkr. 

Point is, *someone* knows how it works, but that's certainly not important to the end user (Thor). All he needs to know is what motion controls map to what functions.