A review by Nalini Haynes
★★★★★
Wonders of Life is a TV series exploring physics and the universe in terms the layperson can understand.
The first episode is ‘What is Life?’, an exploration of physics almost as religion – eternal life being conservation of energy – with the hunky Professor Brian Cox as high priest. He’d be horrified to see my description and yet, at points during this episode, I felt that this was almost a religious although positive experience.
Images include
- dragonflies, the brevity of their life, their beauty and their corpses floating on the surface of the water
- people gathered to celebrate the Day of the Dead in the Philippines
- testing the ph balance of water
- using a waterfall to illustrate potential energy vs kinetic and thermal energy
- swimming with solar jellyfish
The one downside: Brian Cox pronounces ‘ing’ as ‘ink’. My pedantic self needs a slapping.
The beauty, the variety and the steady narrative pace enhance the exploration of a serious subject, complete with a little academic/physics humour. Big Bang Theory fans would be proud.
I loved this documentary. Watch eet.
★★★★★ 5 stars
