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Attention all science nerds!

personperson Don't believe everything you thinkThe liminal space Veteran
edited October 2011 in General Banter
Starting this Wednesday at 9 eastern time on Nova is a four part series about current science regarding the universe.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/fabric-of-cosmos.html#fabric-space

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  • DakiniDakini Veteran
    Dang! And I'm without a TV! I should get a small TV just so I can watch the occasional good science program and documentary...
  • personperson Don't believe everything you think The liminal space Veteran
    hulu has NOVA programs, not sure how soon the new ones will be available though.
  • MindGateMindGate United States Veteran
    I don't have NOVA. :(
  • compassionate_warriorcompassionate_warrior Veteran
    You don't get Public Television, MG?
  • CloudCloud Veteran
    Yeah NOVA's not a station, it's part of PBS.
  • MountainsMountains Veteran
    You can watch all PBS programming, including Nova on their web site:

    www.pbs.org

  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    That clears that up, thanks mountains. I was nearly going to move to the US trust so I could have PBS, can you imagine the horror? :lol:

    Niced find though mindgate, will surely be looking into that one :)
  • MindGateMindGate United States Veteran
    edited November 2011
    Yeah NOVA's not a station, it's part of PBS.
    lol Oh, okay, gotcha. I understand now. :) I have PBS.
  • compassionate_warriorcompassionate_warrior Veteran
    edited November 2011
    Thanks for this alert, person. Maybe be can discuss it after everyone's seen it.
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    Man, my bad person. For some reason I thought mindgate found the link o.O Strange, maybe I should take a trip to the optician :wow:
  • personperson Don't believe everything you think The liminal space Veteran
    If you missed it or don't get PBS you can watch it at the link, theres a button on the right that opens the video.

    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/fabric-of-cosmos.html#fabric-space
  • personperson Don't believe everything you think The liminal space Veteran
    Episode 2:The Illusion of Time
  • personperson Don't believe everything you think The liminal space Veteran
    This one really blew my mind. It does a really good job of explaining how space and time are intertwined.
  • compassionate_warriorcompassionate_warrior Veteran
    I forgot about this series. Thanks for keeping this up, person.
  • Cosmic_CastawayCosmic_Castaway
    Is it being hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson? He was hosting nova science now for a wile. I love him! He is like the rock-star of astrophysics!
  • ToshTosh Veteran
    @Person, thanks, your link didn't work for me, but I found it on youtube:

    The Fabric of the Cosmos in full:



    Very good.

    "Form is Emptiness and Emptiness is form!"

    Do you think this is applicable with regards the program?
  • personperson Don't believe everything you think The liminal space Veteran
    Is it being hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson? He was hosting nova science now for a wile. I love him! He is like the rock-star of astrophysics!
    This one is by Brian Greene, he's written a couple books and hosted a different NOVA series about quantum mechanics and string theory.

    @Tosh, at the link there's a button that opens up a media player to watch the show. Its a 4 part series the You Tube vid is for the first one. Try the link again and look for the 'Watch The Program' button on the right side.
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    I watched the first one, it told me a lot of what I already knew but some new things about Einstein's life etc. However, the intro was SOOOO annoying, why do American shows have so much advertising, it is enough to drive anybody insane. I will give this other link a look-ee-loo though, looks interesting. I assume it will be about how say for example if you stand on the moon time will be different to if you were stood on earth, just a whole lot more in depth :p Thanks for post though :)
  • personperson Don't believe everything you think The liminal space Veteran
    Episode 3:Quantum Leap

    This episode is mostly a rehash of known quantum theories, nothing really new. But its done really well and does a good job of explaining probability and the double slit experiment as well as quantum entanglement. There's also some fun stuff about applications such as teleportation and quantum computing.
  • personperson Don't believe everything you think The liminal space Veteran
    Episode 4:Universe or Multiverse?

    Great episode. Does an extremely clear and thorough job of laying out the theories which suggest a multiverse. Discusses inflation, dark energy and string theory as they all suggest the possibility of a multiverse.

    Not available to watch online until tomorrow though.
  • compassionate_warriorcompassionate_warrior Veteran
    This episode sounds very familiar, by your description. Is this a new series? It sounds like a re-run, or maybe another PBS science program had a very similar series a few years ago.
  • personperson Don't believe everything you think The liminal space Veteran
    The host Brian Greene did do another series a few years back too. This series is a new one though.
  • DakiniDakini Veteran
    Thanks for posting these, person. Keep a lookout for us, would you, for more such programs. :thumbsup:
  • DakiniDakini Veteran
    Where's person--isn't it time for another episode in the science series? :) Or is the series over?
  • personperson Don't believe everything you think The liminal space Veteran
    Hi, yeah sorry, it was just a 4 part series. :(
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    I have now gone through most of the series and eps lol. Not much I did not already know (due to utube in the1st place), but still learnt a few things so thanks ;)
  • ToshTosh Veteran
    Here's a youtube to the last one; the Nova link doesn't work for me (maybe 'cos I'm in the UK)?

    Multiverse or Universe:



    @Person, thanks for bringing these to our attention! They're very good.
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    Does not work in Thailand either :(
  • B5CB5C Veteran
    A great series, but I am still not sure about M-Theory because it's untestable yet.
  • compassionate_warriorcompassionate_warrior Veteran
    edited December 2011
    I think it's time to start pulling together the NDE research Leon's been posting, and the quantum theories to see where they may fit together. I'd like to see a show on that. ;)
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