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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. Superstring theory by drivelikejehu · · Score: 5, Informative

    Michio Kaku's Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps and the Tenth Dimension is a really fascinating introduction into some of the theoretical physics that looks promising to develop a grand unified theory.

  2. Re:BitTorrent links by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Too bad none of those links seem to work... heres a few that work (direct torrent file links):

    Part 1
    Part 2
    Part 3

  3. Re:Download? by Gherald · · Score: 5, Informative

    The spaces are there because you chose "Plain Old Text" when you posted.

    And third URL doesn't even work, so here are some working and proper links:

    Part I

    Part II

    Part III

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  4. Re:BitTorrent links by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Argh just noticed the 3rd link is the one that doesnt work.. here fixed:

    Part 3

    Sorry about that.

    Oh and just one more thing: If possible, still buy the DVD when it comes out, support PBS.. It comes out in january and im gonna buy it