“Cosmos: Possible Worlds”, 10-13: Goodbye to a Losing Season
When your favorite team is not so good, sometimes the end of the season can come as a relief. That’s doubly true when the last couple games of the season go especially badly. This Cosmos fan finds himself happy to see this season come to an end. There is always next season, maybe, and hope for better days to come. “A Tale of Two Atoms”, the 10th episode of Cosmos: Possible Worlds, was a win. I liked the overall discussion of scientists involved in nuclear physics, especially Neil deGrasse Tyson’s clear-eyed view of those scientists. He notes, for example, that even after World War II ended, scientists kept right on working on atomic weapons. Apparently, many scientists were willing to continue work on weapons of mass destruction even after the crisis of war and its perceived threat of German nuclear technology had passed. But the highlight of the whole Cosmos: Possible Worlds series for me was the animated feature in … Continue reading →