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How the Universe Works (2010)
Brilliant mix of current knowledge, theory and possibility
I've found the entire series so far to be very engrossing, and it has opened up my eyes and mind to a lot of the various things that are happening, could happen and will happen in the universe. It doesn't blast your ears with too much scientific jargon and you can tell the scientists interviewed are passionate about what they do and want to explain things in a way that most people can understand.
I've seen the reviews talking about how the scientists treat the viewers like morons or are patronising, but if that's what they thought, they wouldn't give the viewers the time of day to tell us about it all. They cater to different learning styles, using explanation and backing it up with cgi (which is pretty cool to look at) or practical exercises that puts things in perspective.
The repetitive nature of some of the subjects are relevant to the current episode, some topics gone over in one episode may be further explained or lightly gone back over in another episode and I've found this assists in helping see certain astronomical events or processes from certain perspectives in relation to what's being discussed at the time.
Overall, I'd say it does a very good job at what it does, it goes over what we currently "know" about the universe and what scientists are currently exploring the possibility of. If it only looked at what we can prove for definite, it'd be a short series indeed. I love the fact it explores some of the more out-there ideas. Because, why not? If it's in the realms of possibility, why shouldn't we know about it too?
Definitely would recommend it.