I absolutely loved the stunning imagery and awe captured in Planet Ocean. Looking at the microscopic organisms blooming in the ocean, then witnessing the entire Gaia system interacting in complex ways, the perspectives are inspiring for scientists and artists. It was one of the best visual documentaries I have seen. Definitely worth watching!
Category: science (Page 5 of 24)
Kondratieff Waves, Warfare and World Security: Volume 5 NATO Security through Science Series: Human and Societal Dynamics by T.C. Devezas is what I am currently reading.
Fascinating to say the least.
“A picture is worth a thousand words”, a cliché, but true. A semester or even a textbook can be condensed into a beautiful visualization thanks to modern graphics. This is why I find the work of Drew Berry, XVIVO, and David Goodsell so powerful. Seeing DNA replication and intracellular transportation makes me speechless. Many of these are created with Maya or Molecular Maya. I really want to explore Maya to visualize financial networks and data after watching these…
With computer graphics we can now see an invisible world, the result of billions of years of evolutionary interaction. This vast expanse of time created the truly magnificent complexity of life. Secret Universe: Journey Inside the Cell provides a remarkable graphic visualization of this complexity. The processes of cellular function are slowed down and magnified so that viewers can see and understand the continuous activity occurring within their own bodies. It is simply stunning to realize what is happening in the microscopic world of the cell.
Also called: Secret Universe The Hidden Life of a Cell
Watch it: Hulu, Dailymotion, YouTube
Think of the Earth as a human cell; the human body would stretch the length of Jupiter’s orbit around the Sun.
Approximate Diameter of Earth: 12,742 km
Average Diameter of Jupiter Orbit: 1,557,094,400 km (122,201.7 times Earth’s Diameter)
Approximate Diameter of Human Cell: 15 micrometers
Average Height of Human: 1.8 meters (120,000.0 times the Diameter of Human Cell)
Hulu has about 100 of these episodes. The Limits of Perception trilogy and Nature Technology trilogy are some great choices. The is also a great episode on Lapis Lazuli, Egyptians, and Afghanistan. Amazon Prime pleasantly surprised me with some offerings from ORF Universum:
The Black Mountain (2001) – Georg Riha (aka Grossglockner)
Green Islands in a Sea of Stone (1996) (aka Carinthian Nockberge)
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