Well, watched the second episode: Order out of Chaos.
I now see how they are tying Physics into the 'Earth-centric' references alluded to in the first episode. The Laws of Physics operate everywhere, so what we observe on Earth, is applicable elsewhere in the Universe. This is called the 'Cosmological Principle', and is the first basic concept of Cosmology. Interestingly, there maybe shades of grey in this, however. (There are continual probing questions/research into the Cosmo Principle 'ins and outs'.. eg: the Fine Structure Constant). On the whole though, and for the general population, gravity clearly operates anywhere where concentrated mass exists. Fair enough.
So, the entire last half of this episode focussed on the Rings of Saturn (with a smattering of the moons thrown in, for good measure). To me, this is because of the extraordinary photography returned by Cassini. They could've chosen some other examples to illustrate the coalescing gas model, but I think using Saturn's Rings, is a great example. Good to see them trying to explain gravitational resonance and the role it plays in proto-planetary environments as well .. never seen that before !
I liked the sequence on geysers and Enceladus .. my favourite moon, I think.
Kepler's laws were wrapped in there too, but I heard no references to any of those who did the original research/theory development. Still, this would have only inflamed certain 'ranters' .. but who really cares what these types have to say, anyway ?
Got to see Carolyn Porco again, too. She's another credible personality in the scientific community. (Probably put in there to prop-up Cox's flagging credibility…
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Ever noticed that Cox puts a 'k' at the end of words that end in a 'g' ? Like 'think' instead of 'thing' ? (Another hit-point against him as a front-man).
I don't think he changed his T-shirt during any of the Atlas Mountains sequences, which bridged nights and days ! He also wore the same attire during the entire North American sequences too I think .. I'll have to check again to confirm … (Suzy ??). Oh yes .. his hair still looked grubby throughout the whole episode, too .. yuk !
Cheers