Posts Tagged ‘ science documentaries ’

The Story of 1

May 14, 2012
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The Story of 1

Among science documentaries, the ones about physics and technology seem to be dominating the screen these days. That’s why it’s always nice to see something a little different, for instance documentary about maths. So today let’s take a look at one of the earlier works including mathematician and a popular writer Marcus du Sautoy as well as Terry Jones and Nick Murphy. “The Story of 1″ delves into the history of mathematics to explore...

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Curiosity

March 15, 2012
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Curiosity

“Curiosity” is a unique show that focuses on a variety scientific and philosophical questions, such as whether there is a God, whether we could we fight off an alien invasion or why sex is pleasurable. The appeal of the show comes from the fact that it can please a wide and audience by delivering useful and educating information in each episode. Also, a variety of popular hosts will appear in the show including Morgan...

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Through the Wormhole With Morgan Freeman

March 15, 2012
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Through the Wormhole With Morgan Freeman

One of the best science documentaries these days, Through the Wormhole, has started its 2nd season recently. So let’s check out the upcoming episodes to see what the 2nd season is all about. The 2nd season will feature 10 episodes, which is 2 more than in the 1st season. The episodes will cover a variety questions in various branches of science as usual.     So here are the 10 episodes with corresponding titles:...

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The Brave New World With Stephen Hawking

March 15, 2012
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The Brave New World With Stephen Hawking

Remember those sci-fi movies back in the 80s and 90s where they showed futuristic stuff like modern mobile phones, wireless Internet accessible everywhere, huge LCD or holographic screens, flying cars and so on? Well I don’t know how about you but I really do and I still laugh at those hilarious movies, where they show the “far future” of the year 2000 being super futuristic, even though it’s only 20 or 10 years in the future. But the...

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