kevlut77

Man this show is fascinating! We are taken on a journey in time, across different continents, and shown the experiments that were performed to establish the fundamental truths of quantum mechanics. They don't forget anything, they even include all the the best quotes from the historical scientists.

The first episode gets extremely interesting in the second half because it shows an experiment performed by scientists in Berkeley to actually determine whether Einstein or Neil's Bohr was correct about the fundamental weirdness of quantum mechanics. The experiment is so interesting I'm not going to give it away. If you are interested in quantum mechanics and you're willing to tolerate the sheer bizarreness of it all, then definitely watch this. If I was still teaching physics I would absolutely show this to my students.

This was a very good documentary that captured the passion, the drama, the struggle to get to the moon before the Russians. One of my favorite aspects of the documentary is that they portray the astronauts the way they really were: beyond badass. In fact at one point Bill Anders explains how he had displeased Chuck Yeager who threatened to kick him out of the astronaut program. So he called up Deke Slaton in admission control about it who told him not to worry about it, he was definitely going to be an astronaut. Why? Because the astronauts didn't really like Chucky Yeager! Yes, the Chuck Yeager that broke the sound barrier. That's how amazing these guys were (and are). They were test pilots, they were engineers, and they were going to space. They were the very best that America had to offer.

I took off one star because the best part of this, the reading of Genesis while orbiting the moon, was done much more powerfully in the documentary, "Moonshot". If you have not seen it, I very strongly recommend it.

I was excited to see this show because I wanted to learn more about the Manhattan project. I lasted a season or two but I just couldn't stand it anymore because there was almost no science. Instead, the show revolves around the immoral actions of its various characters and seems more like a soap opera. Don't waste your time.

I was excited to see this show because I wanted to learn more about the Manhattan project. I lasted a season or two but I just couldn't stand it anymore because there was almost no science. Instead, the show revolves around the immoral actions of its various characters and seems more like a soap opera. Don't waste your time.