We've been slugging it out over in the Science Forum for the past couple of days, trying to wrestle with the basic concepts of Cosmology.
We've been trying to grapple with the mind-boggling concepts of 'Infinity' and 'Nothingness', as far as the Universe is concerned. It eventually leads into the Cosmological principle and the Standard Cosmological Model.
Bert (Avandonk) has just posted a terrific BBC Documentary link from YouTube which I would totally recommend. (I've only watched Part 1 so far).
BBC Dangerous Knowledge Parts 1 -10.
Precis of this first episode follows:
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In this one-off documentary, David Malone looks at four brilliant mathematicians - Georg Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing - whose genius has profoundly affected us.
The film begins with Georg Cantor, the great mathematician whose work proved to be the foundation for much of the 20th-century mathematics.
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There's a sad side to it all as well, as their deep thinking tragically led to their deaths.
Just thought I'd give the Books & Media folk a 'heads-up' on this as the principles these guys were pursuing, were truly ahead of their time and now form the basis of modern cosmology.
For a little more background IIS discussion, our Science Forum link is
here.
Cheers