Dangerous Knowledge, by David Malone, summarizes the work and life of some of the greatest thinkers in late 19th and 20th centuries. Includes the work and life of Cantor, Boltzmann, Godel, and Turing.
Watch it here: Dangerous Knowledge
Category: documentary (Page 4 of 8)
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace, by Adam Curtis, provides a grand overview of many of the people and ideas which have shaped the development of computers, systems, social theory, and politics over the past century. It is one of the better documentaries I have every seen and definitely worth watching; however, I agree with the reviewer John Preston who said it had an “…infuriating glibness too as the web of connectedness became ever more stretched. No one could dispute that Curtis has got a very big bite indeed. But what about the chewing, you ask. There wasn’t any – or nothing like enough of it to prevent a bad case of mental indigestion.”
Watch it:
With computer graphics we can now see an invisible world, the result of billions of years of evolutionary interaction. This vast expanse of time created the truly magnificent complexity of life. Secret Universe: Journey Inside the Cell provides a remarkable graphic visualization of this complexity. The processes of cellular function are slowed down and magnified so that viewers can see and understand the continuous activity occurring within their own bodies. It is simply stunning to realize what is happening in the microscopic world of the cell.
Also called: Secret Universe The Hidden Life of a Cell
Watch it: Hulu, Dailymotion, YouTube
Think of the Earth as a human cell; the human body would stretch the length of Jupiter’s orbit around the Sun.
Approximate Diameter of Earth: 12,742 km
Average Diameter of Jupiter Orbit: 1,557,094,400 km (122,201.7 times Earth’s Diameter)
Approximate Diameter of Human Cell: 15 micrometers
Average Height of Human: 1.8 meters (120,000.0 times the Diameter of Human Cell)
Hulu has about 100 of these episodes. The Limits of Perception trilogy and Nature Technology trilogy are some great choices. The is also a great episode on Lapis Lazuli, Egyptians, and Afghanistan. Amazon Prime pleasantly surprised me with some offerings from ORF Universum:
The Black Mountain (2001) – Georg Riha (aka Grossglockner)
Green Islands in a Sea of Stone (1996) (aka Carinthian Nockberge)
I have listed a few of the better movies/shows which I have watched in the past month.
Nova – Alien Planets Revealed – Documentary about the discoveries of the Kepler Planet Hunter Telescope
Journey of the Universe (2011) – Grand overview and insights into all of science. Quote from synopsis:
Using his skills as a masterful storyteller, Swimme connects such big picture issues as the birth of the cosmos 14 billion years ago to the invisible frontiers of the human genome as well as to our current impact on Earths evolutionary dynamics. Through his engaging and thoughtful observations audiences everywhere will discover the profound role we play in this intricate web of life.
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