Ok, I’ve always been a nerd; a closet physics nerd at that. I love reading stories about the birth of the universe, black holes, new planets, subatomic particles… really anything to do with physics. The other night I managed to catch an episode of “Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking.” To tell you the truth, I didn’t know this show even existed until I saw it. To top it all off, apparently I was watching a rerun!
The episode I managed to catch (there are three in total according to IMDB), was about the birth of the universe and continued all the way until Hawking’s predicted death of the universe. It was definitely a good watch, even if it was a little dumbed down in order to make sense to a wider viewing audience. Sure, I know about the planck length and about the strong, weak and other forces… but I shouldn’t expect everyone else to. I should applaud any effort to educate the masses since it seems so many people just don’t care, or are even scared, of scientific knowledge.
On the whole I enjoyed the episode. Professor Hawking makes wonderful and simple analogies for viewers to understand and yet doesn’t over-simplify things too much. Of course he glosses over the math and other things, but he gets the basic point across for people to understand. I do believe I will be watching more of Professor Hawking’s show, if I can find it to watch.
On another note… why have my last two posts been about TV? Apparently I’m watching too much?
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