Friedrich Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil
Martin Heidegger: Design for Living
Jean-Paul Sartre: The Road to Freedom
From its roots in the 19th century to its full flowering in the 20th, existentialism has made a profound impression on the course of modern history. This powerful three-part series profiles the lives and critically examines the contributions of proto-existentialist Friedrich Nietzsche; Martin Heidegger; and Jean-Paul Sartre, under whom it ripened to its fullest expression. 3-part series, 50 minutes each.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Cosmic Journeys
Cutting-edge stories about the origins of the universe, black holes, exploding stars, the search for ET life, and the nature of the planets. Original productions from SPACERIP TV and Space.com.
Series features 12 episodes, each lasting around 20 minutes.
It's very professionally done, nice production and no time-wasting, each of 12 episodes has enough information for a full length documentary film.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Richard Dawkins – Break the Science Barrier
Richard Dawkins, a renowned author and a professor of public understanding of science at Oxford delivers a documentary about the importance of understanding the general scientific principles. It's not about the details of scientific methods, but about the general principles that should be understood by everyone, most importantly by politicians and government officials.
Labels:
physics,
Richard Dawkins,
technology
Thursday, April 15, 2010
The Cell
Part 1: The Hidden Kingdom
Part 2: The Chemistry of Life
Part 3: The Spark of Life
The Cell, a three-part BBC documentary about the building blocks of all life, cells.
Starting with a bit of history about the first discoveries of the existence of cells and how it shattered the general view on life in a world filled with religious dogmas.
It then continues delving deeper in the cell itself, the structure and the famous DNA code contained in its heart.
The final part offers a glimpse on the future possible technologies that could be made possible with the knowledge about the cell we have now. Genetic manipulation offers many wonders...bacteria producing diesel fuel? - possible
Part 2: The Chemistry of Life
Part 3: The Spark of Life
The Cell, a three-part BBC documentary about the building blocks of all life, cells.
Starting with a bit of history about the first discoveries of the existence of cells and how it shattered the general view on life in a world filled with religious dogmas.
It then continues delving deeper in the cell itself, the structure and the famous DNA code contained in its heart.
The final part offers a glimpse on the future possible technologies that could be made possible with the knowledge about the cell we have now. Genetic manipulation offers many wonders...bacteria producing diesel fuel? - possible
Labels:
biology,
evolution,
technology
Sunday, April 11, 2010
What we still don't know
Part 1: Are we alone?
Part2: Why are we here?
Part 3: Are we real?
A three-part series in which cosmologist Sir Martin Rees tackles some of the most fundamental questions of existence. Are we alone? Why are we here? Are we real? Answer to each of them is a journey of it's own and well worth the watch.
Part2: Why are we here?
Part 3: Are we real?
A three-part series in which cosmologist Sir Martin Rees tackles some of the most fundamental questions of existence. Are we alone? Why are we here? Are we real? Answer to each of them is a journey of it's own and well worth the watch.
Labels:
astronomy,
philosophy,
physics
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