Human Universe - presented by Brian Cox

[Mountain_Wanderer]

Brian Cox's new astronomy series, Human Universe will be broadcast on ABC TV in January 2015. Looking forward to it!

It has already been broadcasted in the UK on BBC.

The Human Universe book is already available in book stores in Australia.

Pumped for this!

[jenchris]

Cox gets me going without saying anything!!

[PeterEde]

Tmi

[Neutronstar]

:confuse3: :ashamed: :lol:

[Mountain_Wanderer]

Debut episode!

Wednesday 7 January. 8:30pm on ABC.

Lock it in

[Bill.davey]

I have read the eBook and it is very good. Some opinions but mostly scientific best current knowledge based presentation. Available from apple book store. Looking forward to the series.

Bill

[Andy01]

Coincidentally I watched a few episodes that a friend had somehow aquired on the weekend. Very current & very good, well worth watching!

[Mountain_Wanderer]

Reminder for this Wednesday night!

[Mountain_Wanderer]

Brilliant first episode tonight! Brian Cox is back and at his best :)

[Saturnine]

A promising start to the series, informative and entertaining, thoroughly enjoyed watching it. Hope the rest of the series is as good.

[Nico13]

I was given the book for Christmas by my daughter, it's a quality item and a very good read so far. I will be interested to look at the show as my lovely wife is recording them for me.

[Redshift13]

Might have to check it out again on iView - fell asleep halfway through!
:ashamed::zzz2:

[astroron]

I thought his "don't look the ape in the eye" was very David Attenboroughish,:) even down to the whisper.
Very good though,enjoyed it a lot.:)
Cheers:thumbsup:

[creeksky]

Liked the space bits,but was a bit too much on the "2001" Ape/man history.
Guess had to fill in for the second episode.
I miss Carl,bring back Cosmos!. But loved Brian Cox Wonders of the universe series.

[raymo]

I've never forgotten the way Carl used to pronounce human youman.
raymo

[creeksky]

I actually liked the way he said that, kind of fitted the you-man, could wipe our civilization out. (Those that cannot see the big picture of our uniqueness in the universe)all for themsleves.:sadeyes:

[Puss.in.Books]

I must be the only person who can't stand Brian Cox. I find his programs are more filler than content with too much trite and pointless statements. I couldn't figure out what the Soyuz landing had to do with the program at all!

[cfranks]

No you are not. ;) Episode 3 just rambles.

[glend]

I am coming to the same view, there is nothing new in his content and it seems he's becoming over-exposed with nothng much to say. He's working off the back of Hawking and the Cosmos series.

[creeksky]

Maybe he should do a calendar? With hubble images in the back ground.
Think what that would do for women when they see guys with telescopes!

[Puss.in.Books]

Glad I am not alone!

For anyone who is interested, I suggest people try BBC's "The Ascent of Man" presented by Dr Jacob Bronowski. Brownowski makes Cox look as scientific as Tracy Grimshaw presenting the latest fad diet on ACA.

(He also convincingly demonstrates that no matter how smart you are, it doesn't mean you can buy a decent shirt. Then again, the series was made in the 70's...so maybe he can be forgiven.)

[Mountain_Wanderer]

Who gives.

Cox brings romance to science. I love his style

[raymo]

Dr. Bronowski was a very bright man indeed, and many such people
over the centuries have been eccentric in one way or another. It was
a classic series.
raymo

[creeksky]

Oh, that's just cruel! Without Brian Cox there is nothing on TV, apart from Dr Who.
Maybe Foxtel has better?

[creeksky]

He is like a kid with enthusiasm and raw wonder at it all,I keenly wait for him too divulge something unknown....
But I keep hoping for a Carl Sagan moment.

[rustigsmed]

unsure on this one so far (have seen 1 and 2) ... I like brian cox but this has been a bit of a struggle. the hominid evolution / earth orbit part was interesting but I have that the connection is probably not as strong as suggested. I will say my non-science friends have been enjoying it however.

[creeksky]

So guys, how's it feel to be the only one peering out there?
He started off so well, I was stoked that there could be 9 billion Earths and even just one million with intelligence, still cool.
But to wittle it down to just us, Carl must be disappointed-I am.
So many kids just learn't no good looking to the stars, its an empty lonely place.
I still go with the movie Contact" - "if there is only just, us then its a big waste of space!"
I Guess that was the last episode.No point any more.
Why even call it the human universe? Should be the human inner sun solar system.

[Mountain_Wanderer]

Very nice episode. I must admit that I didn't expect Cox to come out and say that we're alone in the universe, considering that he is usually not afraid to make the grand statements and grand predictions.

Just last week he easily connected a few theories together to conclude that God doesn't exist. I don't know why this week he would conclude that we are alone, given that his conclusions are similarly based on theories. Why not in both instances let the imagination loose and leave the door open for these possibilities?

Anyway, this is a great series. It has taken a while but I think he is getting to the point now. Look forward to next week.

[CJ]

I could be wrong but I thought he said he thought we were probably the only higher life form in this galaxy. The universe is another story.

[creeksky]

Yes CJ, the universe is another story, not that we will get beyond this galaxy for another few milenium, and then the space time will be too imense to have a meaningful communication. :sadeyes:

[xelasnave]

I am sure he said that and it seemed out of the blue in so far as the numbers were leading in the direction of many other worlds capable of etc..
It's all speculative nevertheless I bet life is common place, maybe even life such as us,
even at a galactic level.
I don't think the Drake equation is helpful as multiply anything with possibly an infinite number and you get..well an infinite number.
If the Universe is infinite other life would seem probable.

[sn1987a]

Contact, what's in it for them?. :P

[xelasnave]

New food source.

[Eden]

Brian Cox at his best:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDkVS-AN4NU

[sn1987a]

I wonder if we'd be a delicacy or KFC?.

[doug mc]

Apart from zombies I dont think anything else in the natural world likes to eat us. :eyepop:

[creeksky]

"It's a recipe book!":help:

[speach]

Ep 4 It's getting a bit ho hum Is it just a junket for cox to travel?

[Mountain_Wanderer]

Episode 4 was excellent. Love it!

[creeksky]

Yes this episode gave me shivers, reminicent of the Cosmos series.
Was spell bound, Didn't want it to end (I guess its the last?)
Was amazed with the last picure taken by the Plank telescope-the background noise remnants from the Big Bang and how all the temperature variations gave stars something to cling on to then begin the Universe.

[Redshift13]

It's a five-part series - so one to go.

[xelasnave]

It may be we are the species that can infect the galaxy.
The show is The Human Universe which means it is ours and all we have to do is colonise.
And so a new era for humans.
Who wants to leave?

[xelasnave]

Brian Cox and the producers have done a great job.
It is not easy to make science popular but there is wide appeal appeal.
Entertaining and educational great presenter.

[Mountain_Wanderer]

Exactly. Cox brings the romance to the topic. He has great appeal. I'd rather listen to him than some nerdy purist who wants to present all the detail and bore everyone to death. Not that those people aren't needed. They are. It's just that they have no place in getting the common man interested.

[xelasnave]

I wish there were many more similar shows.

[creeksky]

I will wait for the wormhole to appear near Saturn, have always wanted to live in an O'neil habitat, so will have to wait for that too.Might be hard to use telescopes in one of those though?
I hope if the space is all empty, we go forth and colonize worlds with out war and destruction of their native environments.

[speach]

He's not a great one for the Drake Equation then

[NTgazer]

He's on to something.... "how about you brush your own cat, and give that money instead to these guys who can find unlimited clean energy..."

[Redshift13]

Yeah, I laughed when he said that.
Those damn cat lovers, I always knew they were the cause of the world's energy problems! :screwy::rofl:

[Mountain_Wanderer]

Nice series. Will watch again on DVD which is out soon.

I wonder what he'll do next? There are always hints in his previous works. Maybe he'll do something about space travel, or the future of mankind etc.