Comments on: Tales From The Industry XI - The Universe http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/14/tales-from-the-industry-xi-the-universe/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:29:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Correlations http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/14/tales-from-the-industry-xi-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-94460 Correlations Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:54:10 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/14/tales-from-the-industry-xi-the-universe/#comment-94460 <strong>The Universe, on TV...</strong> WIRED Science is not the only science show that launched this year on television. A number of channels are making new science-themed TV shows, with others under discussion. This is good news for everyone! The second season of the History Channel's new... The Universe, on TV…

WIRED Science is not the only science show that launched this year on television. A number of channels are making new science-themed TV shows, with others under discussion. This is good news for everyone! The second season of the History Channel’s new…

]]> By: Tales From The Industry, XII - A Shooting Diary - Asymptotia http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/14/tales-from-the-industry-xi-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-80418 Tales From The Industry, XII - A Shooting Diary - Asymptotia Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:50:29 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/14/tales-from-the-industry-xi-the-universe/#comment-80418 [...] 9:01am Arrive at said station on schedule (one minute late does not count in LA), and there’s the crew! It was Laura Verklan (writer/director), and Jason Newfield (camera/sound) who did an amazingly good job making my (in my opinion) somewhat shoddy work on the last shoot look a lot better than it really was (it was part of the “Dangerous Places” episode of the History Channel show, The Universe). It was great to see them - felt like old friends even though we’d only done a few hours of shooting last time. Met Melissa Tittl also, an associate producer for the shoot that I’d been talking with on the telephone over the last week about locations. [...] [...] 9:01am Arrive at said station on schedule (one minute late does not count in LA), and there’s the crew! It was Laura Verklan (writer/director), and Jason Newfield (camera/sound) who did an amazingly good job making my (in my opinion) somewhat shoddy work on the last shoot look a lot better than it really was (it was part of the “Dangerous Places” episode of the History Channel show, The Universe). It was great to see them - felt like old friends even though we’d only done a few hours of shooting last time. Met Melissa Tittl also, an associate producer for the shoot that I’d been talking with on the telephone over the last week about locations. [...]

]]> By: The Scary Universe? - Asymptotia http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/14/tales-from-the-industry-xi-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-72702 The Scary Universe? - Asymptotia Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:36:26 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/14/tales-from-the-industry-xi-the-universe/#comment-72702 [...] Well, I myself don’t think of the Universe that way, but tonight (at 9:00pm) the History Channel will be presenting the next show in their series (called “The Universe”), which is about (they say) the Most Dangerous Place In The Universe”. It looks as though it will be a survey of various places where a lot of very energetic activity is taking place, powering some of the most powerful phenomena we’ve ever seen, such as quasars, magnetars, and so forth. So black holes will feature quite a bit, I imagine, and although I probably should not really be telling you about it before I’ve had a chance to see it (recall my remarks about the shooting here), I think (I’m not sure) that I’ll be making an appearance as one of the contributors. (I did not get caught off guard this time.) [...] [...] Well, I myself don’t think of the Universe that way, but tonight (at 9:00pm) the History Channel will be presenting the next show in their series (called “The Universe”), which is about (they say) the Most Dangerous Place In The Universe”. It looks as though it will be a survey of various places where a lot of very energetic activity is taking place, powering some of the most powerful phenomena we’ve ever seen, such as quasars, magnetars, and so forth. So black holes will feature quite a bit, I imagine, and although I probably should not really be telling you about it before I’ve had a chance to see it (recall my remarks about the shooting here), I think (I’m not sure) that I’ll be making an appearance as one of the contributors. (I did not get caught off guard this time.) [...]

]]> By: My Superpowers Revealed - Asymptotia http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/14/tales-from-the-industry-xi-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-69974 My Superpowers Revealed - Asymptotia Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:26:56 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/14/tales-from-the-industry-xi-the-universe/#comment-69974 [...] Ok, I can’t resist. From an earlier post: …and of course video footage of me effortlessly squashing a star much larger than our own sun down into a tiny space should help out enormously later on with classroom control, and so forth… [...] [...] Ok, I can’t resist. From an earlier post: …and of course video footage of me effortlessly squashing a star much larger than our own sun down into a tiny space should help out enormously later on with classroom control, and so forth… [...]

]]> By: The Universe On TV - Asymptotia http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/14/tales-from-the-industry-xi-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-69968 The Universe On TV - Asymptotia Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:06:09 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/14/tales-from-the-industry-xi-the-universe/#comment-69968 [...] I’d forgotten that I was to appear in this episode. Or, better put, I was not aware I would be in this one. I thought the ones I contributed to would air later, like next month or something. I thought there was a separate episode on neutron stars, but I see now that they included it all in an episode about the whole life of a star, which makes sense. (I chatted a bit about the filming of it in an earlier post.) [...] [...] I’d forgotten that I was to appear in this episode. Or, better put, I was not aware I would be in this one. I thought the ones I contributed to would air later, like next month or something. I thought there was a separate episode on neutron stars, but I see now that they included it all in an episode about the whole life of a star, which makes sense. (I chatted a bit about the filming of it in an earlier post.) [...]

]]> By: Pioneer1 http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/14/tales-from-the-industry-xi-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-45790 Pioneer1 Thu, 17 May 2007 00:47:06 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/14/tales-from-the-industry-xi-the-universe/#comment-45790 <blockquote>...and of course video footage of me effortlessly squashing a star much larger than our own sun down into a tiny space should help out enormously later on with classroom control, and so forth…</blockquote> This is funny. But I thought that in Brian Greene's video such effects were distracting. Of course, different viewers may love just that part. I get a feeling that when a speculative statement is visualized as special effect it becomes less mathematical but more believable. I think computer graphics has become the fundamental language of physics replacing mathematics. <blockquote>This epic series throws light on all the known universe and out to the edge of the unknown – what’s going on out there, what is our place, and is there life outside of Earth?</blockquote> This is interesting because usually these blurbs are written by PR people and they only write for the hype. But whoever wrote this was very careful to mention "the known universe" and then going to the edge of the "unknown." I don't think this important distinction is usually respected by popular media. I would watch this if I had a television. If any video leaks to youtube please let us know. Thanks.

…and of course video footage of me effortlessly squashing a star much larger than our own sun down into a tiny space should help out enormously later on with classroom control, and so forth…

This is funny. But I thought that in Brian Greene’s video such effects were distracting. Of course, different viewers may love just that part. I get a feeling that when a speculative statement is visualized as special effect it becomes less mathematical but more believable. I think computer graphics has become the fundamental language of physics replacing mathematics.

This epic series throws light on all the known universe and out to the edge of the unknown – what’s going on out there, what is our place, and is there life outside of Earth?

This is interesting because usually these blurbs are written by PR people and they only write for the hype. But whoever wrote this was very careful to mention “the known universe” and then going to the edge of the “unknown.” I don’t think this important distinction is usually respected by popular media. I would watch this if I had a television. If any video leaks to youtube please let us know. Thanks.

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