Everything and Nothing

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.

A great overview of the mathematical and scientific achievements of man that have helped us to understand the true nature of reality. I've watched many, many science documentaries and this one managed to reveal many things I hadn't yet learned, including an experiment proving the quantum foam of nothingness is a real thing, and that the large scale structure of the universe (the macro) is all thanks to quantum fluctuations (the micro). Really everything is so elegantly explained. Highly recommend.

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.

Unfortunate BBC documentary with a false perspective from the usual British egocentrism, islands without which the civilized world would not exist. Greek culture and science Arabs and the Chinese and Mesoamerican civilizations are skipped at a stroke. Modern astronomy is not due to Copernicus, Galileo, but to some unknown. Surprise, all Anglo-Saxons! I'm sorry I stopped watching the documentary.

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