This film has very
good CGI, beautiful landscape footage and some of the world's most important astronomical
artifacts are shown. The cosmos is
looked at through the eyes of our ancestors. Some of their beliefs were very accurate especially for a
time period without telescopes. The
views of people about the cosmos have changed over the years with the input of
more accurate information. Their changing
views are charted over many years.
The time span is from the start of human civilization to the information sent back from the Hubble telescope.
I thought this was
very thorough and informative. There
are also examples of the written languages of the early years of civilizations and countries. The
first episode is about the different versions of the sky before the birth of
science. The second is the
expansion of knowledge from a flat earth to a round planet. The third episode looks at the progress
of scientific development from earlier years to the dawn of the Big Bang. 5* (I really liked this movie)
180 min, TV
mini-series, three episodes narrated by Jason Alan Carvell, directed by Adam
Luria and produced by Adam Luria. A
PBS production and shown on local PBS stations.
Note: Imdb
7.7 out of 10, Amazon 5* with one review.
Special
Note: Filmed in Harvard
Univeresity, Cambridge (Harvard Museum), Massachusetts; Mojave Desert,
California (Fort Irwin); Prague, Czech Republic (Astronomical Clock); Munich,
Bavaira, Germany (ESO Supernova); Palm Springs, California (Rancho Mirage
Observatory).
Episode
Titles: (1) Gods and Monsters, (2)
Finding the Center, (3) Our Place in the Universe.
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