Amateur Cosmologists?

[Russ2251]

Anyone?
If so, I highly recommend this 4 part series which is scheduled to premier on PBS channels on November 2.

Watch the preview:
The Fabric of the Cosmos
"Nothing is something."

 

[Orange Krate]

I Am The Cosmos

 

[Orange Krate]

Not poking fun, just got that song stuck in my head now

Looks pretty cool. I find the quicker we all admit we're not as smart as we think we are, the better we will be able to understand that which we can't possibly comprehend. I try not to admit I have anything "all figured out" anymore, because it hurts to bad to find out you don't.

How old is the world? If time is irrelevant, so is the argument. I'm gonna have to check this out. Thanks for posting!

 

[Doc Sprocket]

the quicker we all admit we're not as smart as we think we are, the better we will be able to understand that which we can't possibly comprehend.

Aw, he//- I came to that realization years ago. When I was a teenager, I knew it all. Sneaking up on 40, I realize there's so much I don't know about so many things. By the time I retire, I expect to be dumb as a post.

 

[Russ2251]

On tonight @ 9:00 pm.
There will be a quiz.

 

[Jcotz]

I've seen all of them so far, they are really good! The last one is coming up.

 

[Orange Krate]

I've missed them all but someone is uploading them onto youtube from the dvds. So I started the time one but didn't finish becuase I ran out of time...or did I?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp3_cPRQSh0

 

[Russ2251]

Full episodes here:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/fabric-of-cosmos.html#fabric-space

 

[Rustydog2010]

I always find it fascinating, over 500 odd people have been into space. Yet only two people have been to the bottom of the ocean.

 

[devino246]

I always find it fascinating, over 500 odd people have been into space. Yet only two people have been to the bottom of the ocean.

Probably because its much more difficult to build a structure to withstand thousands of PSI than it is to build one to go into a vacuum.

A majority of the space program, IMO, is a total waste of money. Send up satelites, keep them working, and thats it. What good does living in space do? What good has it done?

Velcro- Not NASA's idea- invented in 1948 by the Swiss electrical engineer George de Mestral.

Smoke detector- Not NASA's idea- invented in 1890 by Francis Robbins Upton.

 

[Russ2251]

What good does living in space do? What good has it done?

A required step in our quest to travel to the planets...then the stars.
As far as velcro goes, it was not in widespread use until NASA adopted its use.

 

[devino246]

A required step in our quest to travel to the planets...then the stars.

As interesting as I find the workings of the universe, why dig a hole through the pile of money and into ground below for such frivolous purposes?

 

[Orange Krate]

Two down...two to go! I'm very fascinated by the "now slice" example.

 

[Russ2251]

"Entanglement", or "Spooky action at a distance" is what fascinates me.

 

[Jcotz]

"Entanglement", or "Spooky action at a distance" is what fascinates me.

What really fascinates me is the thought of what is beyond. Beyond our galaxy, beyond everything. Just thinking about the sheer massiveness of our universe compared to us is just unimaginable.