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nuclear fusion,horizon,bbc Can We Make A Star On Earth? - Presented by Prof Brian CoxCan We Make A Star On Earth? - Presented by Prof Brian Coxtags:Highly recommended documentary that sees 'rockstar physicist' Brian Cox travel the world to look at some ridiculously impressive machines being used to research nuclear fusion and the people behind them. Includes footage of the world's largest laser and the Z-Machine.
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For those who haven't heard of Brian Cox, he's the fella from this awesome TED Talk and is working on the Large Hadron Collider. I want to be him.
But if he's a rockstar, then I am the coolest, slickest man on earth.
http://205.243.100.155/frames/Z02A.jpg
http://www.getitconnected.net/zmachine.jpg
good choice of music.
Whenever I watch BBC programs I often seem to find myself listening to my playlist. I think the BBC has an archive of music all their programs can use without paying royalties, so that helps. Top Gear is another program where the music choice seems to be nicked from my PC...
The actual documentary...goes very slowly. Cox is a great teacher, but if you ever took physics you'll probably wish he would skip on a little bit or go into more detail. There are some great points here explained eloquently. I particularly liked the Scientist in the Air Traffic Control Tower and the notion of civilisation running on fossil fuel batteries, points that everybody should fully understand regardless of how it relates to Fusion Power.
Overall Cox makes a good case for the investment into Fusion Power, and indeed new technology in general. The urgency of impending energy crisis doesn't seem to be filtering into the public so this documentary is a much needed alarm call, I really hope enough people hear.
There is still alot of work to be done! That is what keeps me going, is that singular hope. These are things iconic physicists and sci-fi writers have given us: ie, Carl Sagan.
I like the Gnarls Barkley "Reckoner" cover at the start.
Always probe the extremes; that is where we can see the Universe and it's "rules" fundamentally tested because everything involved is beholden to "physical" controls that even the Universe can't break. It helps our understanding immensely. A good site to keep up to speed is Physorg.
New discoveries, everyday...