The Mandelbrot set – someone has called it the thumbprint of God – is one of the most beautiful and amazing discoveries in the history of mathematics. With Arthur C. Clarke as narrator and interviews with a number of notable mathematicians, including Benoît Mandelbrot, this program graphically illustrates how simple formulas can lead to complicated … Read more
If the academic tone and depth historical fact that Cosmos miniseries science similar to National Geographic magazine, then Hyperspace is like the National Enquirer. Each episode centers around a dramatic question (Will asteroid destroy Earth? Could a black hole sucking our sun?) Discussed with slick computer-generated eye candy, but a little less content, for example, … Read more
Series in which the mathematician Marcus du Sautoy explores the stories of some of the best known scientific diagrams. Vitruvian Man – looks at the world famous Leonardo da Vinci’s diagram of the perfect human body, which has many layers of anatomy of architecture, and defines our species like no other before or after drawing. … Read more
This documentary is about the technological, cultural, commercial and social revolution that has drastically and fundamentally changed our lives forever; this is a story in which 20-year-olds become overnight billionaires, create, destroy and re-create an immense amount of wealth in a mere ten years. The men and women who made it possible come forward to speak on the subject in … Read more
From early childhood, we compulsively and continuously counted the objects in our environment. Whenever we could look at a moonless night sky, we wondered how we might one day count the stars. The universe is amazingly big. The proper distance—the distance as would be measured at a specific time, including the present—between Earth and the … Read more
For most of us, pain as a concept is something that does not spare a second thought: you stub your toe, it hurts a little, then it disappears. But to scientists, the experience of pain makes for fascinating study and an understanding that can potentially unlock new methods of treatment and pain relief. Horizon displays … Read more
Prolonged, sustained stress, excessive, and the similar response to that not only causes a deterioration in his brain, but also compromises your immune system’s ability to fight disease. Thousands of years ago, most of whom lived to be starved, were poisoned accidentally or were eaten by another animal. Now, we have the distinct ability to … Read more
You have probably heard the saying “a glass of wine a day is a healthy”. Of course you have. It is one of the marketing secrets of the wine industry. Now, without saying that wine is not good for you, or good for you, how true is that saying? Truth be told, there are many … Read more
Jim Killeen, a filmmaker ‘Googled’ his name in a moment of idle net surfing. But he did not stop there; he made the effort of following up on his findings by contacting his namesakes and travelling all around the world to meet and interview them in the quest to either satisfy his curiosity to defeat … Read more
