Coxy BBC2 at 9.00. A night with the Stars.

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Re: Coxy BBC2 at 9.00. A night with the Stars.

Post by Geoff » Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:34 pm

Rum wrote:Verdict? Brilliant. Stuff I hadn't got my head around explained really well and entertainingly. Makes me want to take maths A level for a hobby !

Edit: just finished typing the above and an advert for washing powder with 'quantum action' came on the telly! *sigh*
Excellent programme, as always with Coxy!

And to use that washing powder, Rum, there's an advert for a washing machine with "hydrothermic action"!
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Post by Pensioner » Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:29 pm

TV at its best, I loved it. :tup:
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:55 am

just watched it! Brilliant! When it ended I was all... AWWWW!!1!!!1!! C'MON - WHAT'S FUCKING NEXT, DUDE???/??? :ab: :ab: :ab:


Horizon take note - THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE - OK!
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Re: Coxy BBC2 at 9.00. A night with the Stars.

Post by PsychoSerenity » Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:29 am

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:just watched it! Brilliant! When it ended I was all... AWWWW!!1!!!1!! C'MON - WHAT'S FUCKING NEXT, DUDE???/??? :ab: :ab: :ab:


Horizon take note - THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE - OK!
It was good, but like all TV science it still left me thinking, 'I wish they'd gone into a bit more detail about... such-and-such'.

I suppose the next step is to actually learn physics.

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Re: Coxy BBC2 at 9.00. A night with the Stars.

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:34 am

Psychoserenity wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:just watched it! Brilliant! When it ended I was all... AWWWW!!1!!!1!! C'MON - WHAT'S FUCKING NEXT, DUDE???/??? :ab: :ab: :ab:


Horizon take note - THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE - OK!
It was good, but like all TV science it still left me thinking, 'I wish they'd gone into a bit more detail about... such-and-such'.

I suppose the next step is to actually learn physics.

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I am reading a first year physics text book recreationally at the moment. none of the really cool stuff in it - but ALL of the groundwork to keep up with it! :tup:
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Re: Coxy BBC2 at 9.00. A night with the Stars.

Post by Animavore » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:33 pm

This programme was awesome :cheer:
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:42 pm

Animavore wrote:This programme was awesome :cheer:
I started thinking I was being lectured to by a 14 yo. :hehe:
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Re: Coxy BBC2 at 9.00. A night with the Stars.

Post by hackenslash » Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:23 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:I think everybody there except Cox was thick.
I'll tell professor of theoretical and nuclear physics Jim Al-Khalili you said that! :lol:

I thought the show was excellent. Like others, there were some things I thought he could have covered but didn't. No explanation of the double-slit experiment is complete without describing what happens when you put an observer in the picture, because that's the most beautiful elucidation of just how bloody bizarre the quantum universe really is. He could have touched upon delayed choice, as well, although perhaps that's a bridge too far for the target audience.

Ultimately, it taught me a fair bit I didn't already know, not least the broader implications of the Pauli Exclusion Principle. I have a reasonable grasp of QM, so to learn some new stuff is always a bonus, especially when I thought the best I could expect is to pick up more analogies to employ in talking about it myself.

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Re: Coxy BBC2 at 9.00. A night with the Stars.

Post by Horwood Beer-Master » Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:36 am

hackenslash wrote:...because that's the most beautiful elucidation of just how bloody bizarre the quantum universe really is...
Only bizarre to us due to our evolved 'middle world' bias :prof:
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