Everything and Nothing

Speaks in entirely generalized terms about the understanding of the Universe from a European/British historical perspective, while completely and deliberately ignoring the ancient yet advanced Indian understanding of a heliocentric solar system in particular and a nuanced understanding of the Universe in general. The Indian astronomer- mathematician Aryabhata (476- 550 AD), in his magnum opus Aryabhatiya, had propounded a heliocentric model in which the Earth was taken to be spinning on its axis and the periods of the planets were given with respect to a stationary Sun. The ancient Greeks probably pre-dated even Arybhata. However, all credit to Copernicus, inspite of being 18 centuries late.

This short series gives a beautiful presentation of our journey in understanding the nature of reality. Although it being mostly from an European perspective, in it's essence, the journey of humans in understanding the true nature of reality is breathtaking.

Great explanations of these hard-to-grasp theories. Very creative visualisations. Engaging narration.

The presentation has only two misally hours to wet your whistle. And my whistle was very wetted. You will have to look up the nitty-gritty details to get the full picture. However, the program shows the history of what we have learned about everything and nothing from the beginning of time to 2011. This updates us from what we learned in school. I can not wait for an update at least a decade later.

I will not go into the details other than to say the presenter (Jim Al-Khalili) is just that the presenter. However, he is a British theoretical physicist, Author, respected BBC presenter and frequent commentator about science in British media.

Most of this information is already known. However, there is always something that may have been overlooked. It is also nice to have something presented in a different way.

Very good documentary, as usual with a Jim Al-Khalili film.

But, there is no credit for the outstanding original music cues.

WHY?

Very good documentary, as usual with a Jim Al-Khalili film.

But, there is no credit for the outstanding original music cues.

WHY?

Very good documentary, as usual with a Jim Al-Khalili film.

But, there is no credit for the outstanding original music cues.

WHY?

Very good documentary, as usual with a Jim Al-Khalili film.

But, there is no credit for the outstanding original music cues.

WHY?

Very good documentary, as usual with a Jim Al-Khalili film.

But, there is no credit for the outstanding original music cues.

WHY?