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The Elegant Universe, Now Available Online

Posted by jamie on from the 11th-dimension dept.

Photon Ghoul writes "PBS has made available online all three hours of the NOVA program on unified theory. Formats are QuickTime and RealVideo with each hour broken up into eight chapters each." I watched the whole thing, and while it's clearly for a lay audience (no math required), it was fun and informative. I was pleased to note that dissenting views on whether string theory was science were presented, and even brief discussion of what constitutes science.

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  1. How long will it be up for free? by 403Forbidden · · Score: 4, Funny

    Three...
    Two...
    One...

    They are now holding a fundraiser to cover the multimillion dollar bandwidth costs of three hours of video on SLASHDOT.

  2. Download? by Prof.Phreak · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is it possible to download? (can someone posts all the links?) BitTorrent?

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  3. Oh for the love of sweet Baby Jesus on a skewer! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm not even done watching this, and now you filthy, unwashed hellshits are gonna turn WBGH's poor little servers into charcoal briquettes!

    *SIGH*

    Stab-stabbity-stabby-stab!!

  4. I don't have quicktime by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess I'll have to wait for an ascii version ...

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  5. Re:Oh for the love of sweet Baby Jesus on a skewer by mcpkaaos · · Score: 5, Funny

    In that case, let me tell you how it ends...

    ******* SPOILER WARNING *******

    Eventually, the sun gets really, really hotter and starts to expand. It gets bigger and bigger until it eats up all the other planets. Then, in a fit of bulimic rage, it collapses on itself and turns into a big black hole! And then we all get sucked into it until Robert Forster saves us.

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  6. xine problem. by cgranade · · Score: 2, Funny

    xine tells me that it can't play these because they're in "gif video format," something that seems unlikely. Any advice?

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  7. It should compress very well... by Ben+Jackson · · Score: 1, Funny

    I remember watching it on TV and they used every graphic about 5 times and repeated every concept at least 3 times. The compressed video will be tiny!

  8. The obligatory PBS quote by Jon+Abbott · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Elegant Universe was brought to you by contributions to PBS stations by viewers like you. Thank you!

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  9. Re:Since when... by dnahelix · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought it looked cool.
    You must be old.

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