The Creation of the Universe

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Summary: out of date but still wonderful !!!
Review: this is a landmark program and though it is somewhat out of date at this point (we now know that the universe is accellerating in it's expansion, which defeats many ideas offered by Ferris) it is none the less an outstanding presentation of basic cosmology that almost any layman could understand and enjoy. The exquisite brian eno soundtrack is only one of many high points. Read Hawking. Read Ferris. See this video. Go to bed feeling so small in the scheme of the universe that you'll want to read more to feel more important !!!! :-)

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Summary: Outstanding!!!
Review: This is one of the better shows on science ever made. It's clear and easy to understand. Dr. Tim Ferris did a masterful job. He is, in my mind, as good as Dr. Carl Sagan ever was at bringing science to the layman. With Dr. Ferris however, you get the science without the ego and leftist idiology that was often seen in Dr. Sagan's work(NOT to impune the work of the late, great Carl Sagan, I just didn't much care for his politics). I highly recommend this excellent video to layman and science buff alike

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Summary: Dated -- but still most thoughtful
Review: Yes -- as others note, this is dated, but still the best of its kind. Yo! Ferris! Consider this a plea to you to get in gear and do Creation of the Universe: the Sequel! Produce it yourself and keep the dough -- you deserve it.