Ok. Just watched 'Black Holes' (BH).
My initial impression is that it was a little shallower than 'Stars'. Perhaps this is because of the need to reduce the complexity on the theoretical side, which at this stage, is mostly where the interesting bits of information about BHs are, for me. My views:
- I cracked up at Kaku's comment that the first thing he teaches is that "Gravity Sucks !". We have one enthusiast here who denies it (even presents the opposite view in his Avatar/header) !
- They seemed to 'hype' the impending threats/doom, unnecessarily.
- Phil Plat (Astronomer) seemed to be a big 'hyper', surprisingly.
- They skirted Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) a little - pity.
- Kaku again - "we are completely clueless when it comes to singularities" .. some theoretical types might take offence to this comment
- Covered Andrea Ghez's (Astronomer) discoveries on
central Milky Way SMBH fairly well. (Best photo I've ever seen
here - thanks to multiweb Marc, by the way)
- Covered the main observing platforms briefly - SWIFT, Chandra, Keck, etc.
- Physicist 'Shep Doeleman' seemed well grounded (compared to the 'hyper' types).
- More could be said about quasar light but again, perhaps this aspect was 'dumbed down a bit for the target audience/demographic.
- Awesome graphics - yet again ! Best I've seen so far !
Thanks again Suzy, for the 'heads-up'. Overall, I'm finding the series entertaining and of very good quality.
Cheers & Rgds