Nova: Physics - The Elegant Universe & Beyond

Starring: Michael Duff, Michael B. Green, Brian Greene, et al.

String theory, anyone? Join host Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University and the best-selling author of The Elegant Universe, for a fascinating exploration of the new... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 783421407596
• Release Date: January 2006
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: PBS
• Starring: Michael Duff, Michael B. Green, Brian Greene, Walter Lewin, Joseph Lykken, Amanda Peet, John Schwarz, Maria Spiropulu, Leonard Susskind, Cumrun Vafa
• Runtime: 7 hours
• Number of Disks: 4
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Box set; Closed-captioned; Color; NTSC
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

This is a TV miniseries in three Episodes, NOVA.

Depending on where you come from and where you are going, there is something for everyone. Some people keep up with the latest information on the universe; for those people, this is a great program to show where the public is. It is also nice to have what you already know restated so you can look at it from a different angle. For people who slept through school or attended the Stone Age, this is maybe a shocker for the last time you looked. Then some people see this as a wake-up call for the first time. The program is designed to give you basic information about the latest theories on how the universe works and goes beyond Einstein to attempt to tie all the theories up into a single elegant bundle (Superstrings) The visuals help, and having different media allows one to retain information better. However, the format leaves something to be desired. Redundancy goes beyond reinforcing boredom. The sound bite format, leaping from one person to another, when it is just as possible to stay with one person for a complete thought, is like watching a used car commercial. Any concept could be a whole program in itself (and probably is.) They show a formula and say here it is two seconds later, it is gone, and they are off on another subject. In any event, you will not look at the universe in the same old way.