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I know this should be in the whats good on telle thread but I think this is a seminal programme which I have been looking forward to this for a year now. I have a a passing interest in astrophysics and astronomy and remember watching a re run of carl sagans orginal cosmos programme in the early 80s and have been gagging to see forward the new version. Anyone else catch the first episode of this?

As well as this, considering theyve found some mad shit from the big bang through a south pole telescope yesterday theres a lot going on space wise at the moment and as a life long committed space cadet I thought Id start a space and time thread for those with the inclination to ponder such shit
 
Most annoyed I don't have suitable tellybox setup to watch this - saw the trailers at parents t'other week. Sure I'll catch up with it online at some point. The original series is one of my all-time faves <3

Will leave this as a separate thread for now and see how it goes.

(am also a bit of a sciencey/spacey buff - was reading latest theories on dark matter whilst waiting at dentist just now - so quite happy to see nerdchat get its own thread ;))
 
I love the original music that came with the series, it was from Vangelis I believe...

Carl Sagan (and Nick Sagan as well) rocks, even after he has passed on (to become stardust once again maybe? LOL). :)


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got the original book somewhere. was telling my girl recently about the amazing simplicity of sagan's proposal to terraform venus to comfortable class m via the use of nowt but lots of rockets and lots of algae. blue-green algae if you want to be pedantic. brilliant, establishment mouthpiece nonwithstanding
 
Bob Funkhouse said:
Dang, I haven't got National Geographic. I used to watch a lot of science/space programmes. Used to love them-I remember watching programs explaining things such as string theory and was surprised that I could actually seem to understand what they were talking about. The problem is I'm not great at retaining these things :\
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Same. I am a bit disappointed I won't be able to see this until it is released on DVD. (which I hope it is!)

There was a great series of programmes called 'Live in Space' on Channel 4 just last week where they covered living in space, dealing with problems in space & a 'lap of the planet' . It should be available on 4oD. They talked to astronauts & people at Houston Mission Control Center as well as the astronauts currently on the ISS.
 
It's available on the bittorrent network. I have episodes 1 and 2 ready to watch in HD. I too loved the Carl Sagan original.

I also watched the channel 4 live in space series and despite it being a glorified Gravity endorsement (they made reference to the film in each of the episodes) was a real great insight into how astronauts on the ISS live and the work they carry out. Some great imagery of the planet too.
 
Ben So Furry said:
Some great imagery of the planet too.
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It was great yeah. :)

Personally, I thought they should have had more images & less talking in the final episode.

I know they were limited by cloud cover, trajectory of the ISS & the time available to the astronauts but all the same, they could have used more of the pre-recorded images from the astronauts over the past few months.

It would have been nice to see some other continents/landmarks & the change of the seasons.
 
Fair point. I did enjoy what they did show though. Put the scale into perspective. When I heard about the lap of the planet I did initially think it would be just a view from the ISS from start to finish. I would of been happy with that tbh. The interviews with the astronauts was interesting though.
 
Live in Space last week would have been a lot better if it didnt have dermot o'leery or whatever hes called presenting it, absolute shite presenter for the programme
 
They easily could have found better presenters, maybe they thought Dermot would attract all the x factor watchers or some shit

and yeah Dara O'B, what the fuck
 
Completely agree with the Dara O'B Stargazing thing. Wtf is he doing presenting programs along with Brian Cox :? He cant even pronounce half the words he has to use and in the live broadcasts its clear he's out of his depth and that he doesnt understand what he's talking about, so the reasons why he got the job are beyond me. Maybe it's just to encourage the viewers at home who are also struggling to grasp things, that he doesnt get them either. :\
 
mydrugbuddy said:
He cant even pronounce half the words he has to use and in the live broadcasts its clear he's out of his depth and that he doesnt understand what he's talking about, so the reasons why he got the job are beyond me.
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Presumably the degree in maths/physics he has. Someone with a level of knowledge between professor and pleb who can explain things in more "man on the street" stylee.
 
Rexeh said:
I love the original music that came with the series, it was from Vangelis I believe...

Carl Sagan (and Nick Sagan as well) rocks, even after he has passed on (to become stardust once again maybe? LOL). :)


--» Peace o/
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Yes, indeedy it was Vangelis who did the beautiful music in the original series (not as good as his Blade Runner Score but miles better than fookin chariots of fire any day of the week)

For anyone who likes getting deep I have to recommend a book 'why does e=mc2 and why should we care' by Jeff Forshaw and Brian Cox, reading this book is the closest ill ever get to understanding both special and general relativity. Theres a fair bit of maths in it, but despite being crap at maths It was so well written than I managed to follow it through to the end. As well as the general/special relativity aspect the last couple of chapters looks at the basics of quantum mechanics, something Ive never had a clue about prior to reading this

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Does-mc2-Should-Care/dp/0306817586
 
Shambles said:
Presumably the degree in maths/physics he has. Someone with a level of knowledge between professor and pleb who can explain things in more "man on the street" stylee.
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It's not quite successful imo. Brian Cox is nearer the mark, though he can all to easily loose mere mortals / plebs with some of his programs. The one he did about 'entrophy' was the most mindfuckingly incromphensible thing I've ever attempted to watch and digest. Thats not counting watching a couple of minutes of some random Open University Mathematics degree thing or something, which i wouldnt expect myself to understand, having not studied maths beyond 'O' level.
 
Meh, I think they work really well together. It's a personal thing, I guess.

I've worked my way through more or less every science doc I can find online, fairly extensive library of popular science books (mostly physics, some others) and got quite into watching uni lectures on PooToob a while back. You can pick up loads of the basics without having to know any maths if you put the hours in.

(and it's 'entropy' incidentally)
 
mydrugbuddy said:
It's not quite successful imo. Brian Cox is nearer the mark, though he can all to easily loose mere mortals / plebs with some of his programs. The one he did about 'entrophy' was the most mindfuckingly incromphensible thing I've ever attempted to watch and digest. Thats not counting watching a couple of minutes of some random Open University Mathematics degree thing or something, which i wouldnt expect myself to understand, having not studied maths beyond 'O' level.
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I thought his decription of entropy was right on the mark. What I love about Cox is his passion for his work, which shines through whenever hes on the telle, radio, or writing a book
 
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