Apparently, Nova is still running. I thought it had gone the way of most educational television, but apparently, it continues apace! Now I need to track that down and see if it's as fine a program as I remember it.
One program which I'm certain is as fine as I remember it (because I watched it about an hour ago) is Wonders of the Solar System. A product of wonderful cinematography and the ludicrously infectious enthusiasm of host Brian Cox have led me to endure the tyranny of scheduled cable broadcasting for several weeks in a row now, hoping to catch the one episode that I haven't seen yet.
Sadly, there are only five episodes (with a second series in the making), but they're worth watching if you want to learn about our solar system. The show is very accessible, and Brian Cox's obvious fascination with the world around him will give you those Science is Awesome chills that I haven't really felt since, well, Nova.
What? You don't get those chills? I admit, they've been kind of hard to come by since optimism in scientific process and space exploration took that mid-80s dip. But I promise, those chills are still out there, waiting to be discovered.
And failing all else, there's still auto-tuned Carl Sagan:
No comments:
Post a Comment