What is your favourite episode of Cosmos: A Space-time Odyssey?

[interhacker]

The final episode of Cosmos: A Space-time Odyssey, "Unafraid of the Dark", was released today. This marks the completion of the series. Which episode did you like best?

 

[adjacent]

The episode about Newton and the one about Michael Faraday

 

[interhacker]

The episode about Newton and the one about Michael Faraday

Yeah. I also liked episode 12 and 13, along with episode 1. Here's my priority list from best to just "meh":

Episode 12
Episode 13
The one about Faraday
The one about Newton
Episode 1
The one about lead poisoning

 

[iDimension]

Yeah. I also liked episode 12 and 13, along with episode 1. Here's my priority list from best to just "meh":

Episode 12
Episode 13
The one about Faraday
The one about Newton
Episode 1
The one about lead poisoning

The Newton one was awesome. I also loved the one about sound and the organ version of O'Fortuna

 

[slider142]

The Clean Room and The Electric Boy were great forays into the history of science. I also enjoyed most of the others that had insights in this vein, as they emphasized science as both an evolving and personal human endeavor.

 

[adjacent]

The worst episode was the one about evolution. I almost slept while watching that episode

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I've only seen through the first 6 :(

But I did really enjoy the properties of light which I think was 5.

 

[adjacent]

But I did really enjoy the properties of light which I think was 5.

I regret missing that episode. I think it was also awesome.

 

[DennisN]

I liked the evolution episode . My favorites were "2: Some of the things that molecules do" and the Faraday episode, "10: The Electric Boy". All in all I think it has been a very good series. I haven't seen all of them yet, I've still got #9, #12 and #13 left to see.

 

[DennisN]

By the way, if anyone happens to get a slight case of ACD ("After Cosmos Depression"), there are other interesting documentaries like Light Fantastic (4 episodes) and e.g. "How Big is the Universe" (BBC Horizon 2012), teaser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLybjnWA5UM

EDIT:
I also remember these two series, "The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion" (6 episodes) and "The Story of Maths" (4 episodes) which I enjoyed IIRC. Here's a clip from "The Story of Science".

 

[Evo]

I liked some, disliked some. Depends what you believe in I guess. Can't really compare it to the original, it's too different.

When Voyager was sent out I'm afraid drug use clouded thinking and we sent out things like "whale songs" and other irrelevant, but popular things of the (then) current culture. <le sigh> BUT! Maybe any advanced culture listening to this record will be sufficiently unimpressed by our lack of intelligence and choose to ignore us and decide not to annihilate us.

 

[lisab]

I liked some, disliked some. Depends what you believe in I guess. Can't really compare it to the original, it's too different.

When Voyager was sent out I'm afraid drug use clouded thinking and we sent out things like "whale songs" and other irrelevant, but popular things of the (then) current culture. <le sigh> BUT! Maybe any advanced culture listening to this record will be sufficiently unimpressed by our lack of intelligence and choose to ignore us and decide not to annihilate us.

:rofl: :thumbs:

 

[DavidSnider]

I liked some, disliked some. Depends what you believe in I guess. Can't really compare it to the original, it's too different.

When Voyager was sent out I'm afraid drug use clouded thinking and we sent out things like "whale songs" and other irrelevant, but popular things of the (then) current culture. <le sigh> BUT! Maybe any advanced culture listening to this record will be sufficiently unimpressed by our lack of intelligence and choose to ignore us and decide not to annihilate us.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Voyager_golden_record_82_feeding.gif

"On second thought, let's not talk to earth. It's a silly place."

 

[interhacker]

When Voyager was sent out I'm afraid drug use clouded thinking and we sent out things like "whale songs" and other irrelevant, but popular things of the (then) current culture. <le sigh> .

Lol. You're right. What should we have sent though?

 

[lendav_rott]

"Nothing to see here" in all forms of communication to save others the trouble.