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If you are looking for a good documentary on physics/chemistry/astronomy/etc here’s a few
Posted on 3/12/19 at 9:49 pm
Posted on 3/12/19 at 9:49 pm
For those bored and looking for something to watch this evening here’s a couple great BBC documentaries to watch. All hosted by Jim Al-Khalili who is a theoretical physicist that does a great job writing books and hosting documentaries on topics on physics. He’s really good at taking very complex topics and making them accessible for the rest of us without getting all artsy farts spirtual hippyness that I feel like Brian Cox (whom I also enjoy watching his documentaries don’t get me wrong) has a tendency to do.
Order and Disorder
Episode 1: Order
Episode 2: Information
The Beginning and End of the Universe
Episode 1: The Beginning
Episode 2: The End (Not the best video, I’ll try to find better quality)
The Secrets of Quantum Physics
Episode 1: Einstein 's Nightmare
Let There Be Life
Light and Dark
Episode 1: Light
LINK
Everything and Nothing
Episode 1: Everything
Episode 2: Nothing
Shock and Awe
All three episodes combined into one 3 hour documentary
Chemistry: A Volatile History
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
The Secret Life of Chaos
Single Episode
Atom
Episode 1: Clash of the Titans
Episode 2: The Key to the Cosmos
Episode 3: The Illusion of Reality
Science and Islam
Episode 1: The Language of Scidnce
Episode 2: The Empire of Reason
Episode 3: The Power of Doubt
Most are YouTube, some are on this site called DailMotion. I’m trying to see if I can find them all on YouTube because it tends to work better. For those interest you can mirror or Chrimecast them to your tv if you want. They’re all really interesting and have BBC quality and full of interesting info.
Enjoy
Order and Disorder
Episode 1: Order
Episode 2: Information
The Beginning and End of the Universe
Episode 1: The Beginning
Episode 2: The End (Not the best video, I’ll try to find better quality)
The Secrets of Quantum Physics
Episode 1: Einstein 's Nightmare
Let There Be Life
Light and Dark
Episode 1: Light
LINK
Everything and Nothing
Episode 1: Everything
Episode 2: Nothing
Shock and Awe
All three episodes combined into one 3 hour documentary
Chemistry: A Volatile History
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
The Secret Life of Chaos
Single Episode
Atom
Episode 1: Clash of the Titans
Episode 2: The Key to the Cosmos
Episode 3: The Illusion of Reality
Science and Islam
Episode 1: The Language of Scidnce
Episode 2: The Empire of Reason
Episode 3: The Power of Doubt
Most are YouTube, some are on this site called DailMotion. I’m trying to see if I can find them all on YouTube because it tends to work better. For those interest you can mirror or Chrimecast them to your tv if you want. They’re all really interesting and have BBC quality and full of interesting info.
Enjoy
This post was edited on 3/12/19 at 10:27 pm
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Posted on 3/12/19 at 10:07 pm to DavidTheGnome
I watch the big bang theory regularly. I think I'm covered
Posted on 3/12/19 at 10:10 pm to DavidTheGnome
Bookmarked. Thanks.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 10:12 pm to onelochevy
Seriously though they’re really good documentaries that lay out the history of how we discovered different things and he lays them out in really easy to understand but still informative ways. And being BBC documentaries they aren’t full of electric guitars and mindless fluff things to dumb them down, they’re all quality made.
Even if you think you might not understand them or be interested I encourage you to pick one and give it a shot, I think you might be pleasantly surprised.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 10:19 pm to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 3/12/19 at 10:20 pm to DavidTheGnome
Thanks Tuba.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 10:33 pm to tiggerthetooth
quote:
I love his documentary on electricity. LINK
Yep that’s the shock and awe one listed above. If you like that a good one to watch as well is
PBS American Experience
Tesla: Master of Lightning
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:51 pm to DavidTheGnome
I wonder who downvoted and why, I put some work into the OP to do the OT and good service and recommend y’all some great documentaries to watch. 
Anyways like I mentioned above I prefer Jim Al-Khalili over Brian Cox because Cox tends to focus on going on and on about how beautiful and mysterious things are etc vs Jim's style of skipping the flourishes like that and focusing on the history of the development of the concepts and explaining it in layman’s terms. I’ll try to find some of Cox's documentaries and post those as well because he’s still and smart guy and the documentaries are still very enjoyable and informative to watch,
He did an interview with Joe Rogan but I haven’t had a chance to watch yet, here is the link for those interested:
Joe Rogan with Brian Cox
Anyways like I mentioned above I prefer Jim Al-Khalili over Brian Cox because Cox tends to focus on going on and on about how beautiful and mysterious things are etc vs Jim's style of skipping the flourishes like that and focusing on the history of the development of the concepts and explaining it in layman’s terms. I’ll try to find some of Cox's documentaries and post those as well because he’s still and smart guy and the documentaries are still very enjoyable and informative to watch,
He did an interview with Joe Rogan but I haven’t had a chance to watch yet, here is the link for those interested:
Joe Rogan with Brian Cox
This post was edited on 3/12/19 at 11:52 pm
Posted on 3/13/19 at 12:10 am to DavidTheGnome
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Posted on 3/13/19 at 7:20 pm to DavidTheGnome
Bump for hose looking for something to watch tonight.
Here are some BBC Horizon episodes hosted by Brian Cox:
Do You Know What Time It Is
Can we Make a Star on Earth
What on Earth is Wrong with Gravity
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
Einstein's Equation of Life and Death
Here are some BBC Horizon episodes hosted by Brian Cox:
Do You Know What Time It Is
Can we Make a Star on Earth
What on Earth is Wrong with Gravity
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
Einstein's Equation of Life and Death
Posted on 4/9/19 at 9:13 pm to DavidTheGnome
Bump for those looking for some good documentaries to watch this evening to prep for the first pic of a black hole tomorrow.
Edit: I should add the Joe Rogan interview with Brian Cox LINK
Edit: I should add the Joe Rogan interview with Brian Cox LINK
This post was edited on 4/9/19 at 9:14 pm
Posted on 4/9/19 at 9:15 pm to DavidTheGnome
quote:You're a pervert.
Bump for hose looking for something to watch tonight.
Posted on 4/9/19 at 9:16 pm to soccerfüt
The “t” on my iPad and phone is broke somehow it’s annoying as hell. Every time I type the it writes he 
Posted on 4/9/19 at 9:17 pm to DavidTheGnome
quote:
DavidTheGnome
Not the hero we deserve
But the hero we need
Posted on 4/9/19 at 9:32 pm to DavidTheGnome
quote:Do you believe in Karma?
The “t” on my iPad and phone is broke somehow it’s annoying as hell. Every time I type the it writes he
Every time we reflect on what happened to LucasP, it’s annoying as hell.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 3:51 pm to DavidTheGnome
quote:
All hosted by Jim Al-Khalili
One of my favorites, thanks for posting this
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