Through the wormhole - new Discovery Science Channel series

hellaflush (Adam) · #1 22-09-2010, 09:09 PM

http://science.discovery.com/tv/through-the-wormhole/

Hosted by Morgan Freeman... First ep airs this Friday 2030 CST

Suzy · #2 22-09-2010, 09:54 PM

You beat me to this, I just came on here to post it.

Morgan Freeman's narration should sound really good.

Thanks for posting Adam.

hellaflush (Adam) · #3 22-09-2010, 09:59 PM

If you have seen Cosmic Voyage narrated by Morgs... well you know he is good at what he does... his voice just puts you to sleep (in a good way! nice and relaxing!)

CraigS · #4 23-09-2010, 07:49 AM

He was a perfect voice for "March of the Penguins".

I thought he was outstanding as 'the Prez' in "Deep Impact".

Just had a quick squizz at the Discovery "Wormhole" episode. Looks promising.

Look forward to you thoughts after you've seen it, Adam !

Cheers

Suzy · #5 23-09-2010, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by hellaflush

If you have seen Cosmic Voyage narrated by Morgs... well you know he is good at what he does... his voice just puts you to sleep (in a good way! nice and relaxing!)

Sam Neil's space docos (forget name of series) is the one that managed to put all three of us to sleep

every single week!

CraigS · #6 23-09-2010, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Suzy

Sam Neil's space docos (forget name of series) is the one that managed to put all three of us to sleep

every single week!

I think I watched the BBC Space one, narrated by Sam, .. all of about once !!

The visual effects were good, but the hype about 'threats' drove me nuts !

I should've asked for my money back on this one.

Pity .. I've seen Sam in a few good movies .. he was a baddie in that women's movie … what was it called .. oh yeah … "The Piano".
"The Hunt for Red October" … now that was a better style. Sam was a hero in that one .. next to the almighty Sean Connery.

Cheers

renormalised (Carl) · #7 23-09-2010, 10:34 AM

Craig...you missed Event Horizon

Good movie

I have Sam's space doco's on DVD

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #8 25-09-2010, 10:11 PM

I reckon that the first episode was very well done. Freeman is great narrator. M-theory is a bit of a headful, but sounds interesting

I'm now very keen to see the rest.

renormalised (Carl) · #9 25-09-2010, 11:12 PM

The hardest part of the theory is the maths...the theory itself isn't all that difficult to understand, just the specific "mechanics" is rather involved

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #10 25-09-2010, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by renormalised

The hardest part of the theory is the maths...

You think?

Seriously - as a concept it's no more bizarre than any other. I've always thought in my mind that the big bang could have been a "bounce back" from an earlier universe collapsing. I'm not trained in this field so it's very difficult for me to postulate with any real sense of direction. It's all interesting to hear about though.

renormalised (Carl) · #11 26-09-2010, 12:14 AM

Yep

There's some bizarre stuff floating around in the world of astrophysics and cosmology

If you think of a "bang" as when two branes touch (collide) then that's the easiest way of visualising it.

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #12 26-09-2010, 12:19 AM

As long as they don't touch again any time soon. I'd still like to get an observatory set up in Cooma one day.

renormalised (Carl) · #13 26-09-2010, 12:23 AM

Yeah, if that happens, we're toast....instantly!!!!.

Although, being 11 dimensional objects, if the geometry of the encounter is right, they could pass through one another without even touching at all

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #14 26-09-2010, 12:34 AM

Obvious really. We'd just better hope for optimal conditions.

renormalised (Carl) · #15 26-09-2010, 12:40 AM

I wouldn't like to put a bet on it

You wouldn't know it happened though....one minute your typing away on your keyboard, next minute....nothing

Once they collided, the physical laws in each universe/brane would go right out the door.

renormalised (Carl) · #16 26-09-2010, 12:41 AM

Well, time for me to go find a "sleepy wormhole" and drift off into 11 dimensional slumber

CraigS · #17 26-09-2010, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Omaroo

I reckon that the first episode was very well done. Freeman is great narrator. M-theory is a bit of a headful, but sounds interesting

I'm now very keen to see the rest.

Hi Chris;

Good to see you & 'round these parts. I'm an enthusiast of your work and I appreciate your expertise.

Your Avatar is truly scary, though …. (a bit intimidating ..)

Cheers & Rgds

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #18 26-09-2010, 09:48 AM

LOL! Thanks Craig

New theories are the result of mankind's inability to remain satisfied with what has thus far remained unproven. Just because individuals like myself probably won't ever be a position to postulate new theorems ourselves, I'd hope that we remain open to those that don't necessarily ring true with what we do understand. I admire people like Darwin, for instance, in stepping so far outside of their comfort zone to chase down ideas borne of brilliance.

My avatar is just me in that other universe. It's what I think I'd look like in our adjacent brane.

CraigS · #19 26-09-2010, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Omaroo

My avatar is just me in that other universe. It's what I think I'd look like in our adjacent brane.

… or StarWars: The Phantom Menace …. (without the red & black stripes)

Great photo, though.

Cheers

hellaflush (Adam) · #20 26-09-2010, 06:13 PM

One thing regarding M theory though... if it is the true explanation... it just then further pushes the main question away... "How did our universe begin?" now turns into "How did all of the Inter-dimensional universes begin?"