The Tao of Physics
An interview with Fritjof Capra, the author of “The Tao of Physics” published 1975. Capra based his work on the Danish theoretical physicist Niels Bohr, who included the Chinese t’ai chi symbol in his coat of arms.
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An interview with Fritjof Capra, the author of “The Tao of Physics” published 1975. Capra based his work on the Danish theoretical physicist Niels Bohr, who included the Chinese t’ai chi symbol in his coat of arms.
John Berger is one of our most celebrated and respected writers and broadcasters. A former winner of the Booker Prize, he also wrote one of the most influential books on art of our time, Ways of Seeing, which became a la
It was Children's day yesterday, but 10-year-old boy, Yong-jae couldn't go anywhere and he envies his friends who went on picnics. He thinks it's because he is not good enough.
A physicist, a director of popular-science films, and a sports fan talk about the structure of the atom between periods of a hockey game they watch on TV.
A short film directed by Andrzej Dragan based on the Mystery Man of David Lynch's 'Lost Highway' (1997).
A short animated query exploring the perplexing affection that comes with an appreciation of the laws of physics.
This documentary starts with the theory as proposed by John Dalton in 1808, and outlines the progress made during the nineteenth century bringing in Faraday's early experiments in electrolysis, Mendeleeff's Periodic Tab
Scientists genuinely don't know what most of our universe is made of. The atoms we're made from only make up four per cent. The rest is dark matter and dark energy (for 'dark', read 'don't know'). The Large Hadron Collid
Shot on 16mm film using a handcrafted Time-Slice camera with 293 lenses—a modern reinterpretation of the original device built by Tim Macmillan in the early 1980s—this experimental (3D) short offers a unique, tactile exp
This hybrid project uses a cell-phone to document a series of colour plate advertisements from The 1957 Photographer's Almanac. The footage is then transferred to 16mm film, presenting the advertised technologies of 1957
The Physics of 'Back to the Future' with Dr. Michio Kaku
What if we could find one single equation that explains every force in the universe? Professor Michio Kaku explores how physics could potentially shrink the science of the big bang into an equation as small as e=mc2. Phy
Newton in a Bottle plods along plotlessly on the paw steps of Max, a magical cartoon kitty who curls himself into a ball--a bouncing ball--and plunks onto a system of wheels and pulleys to demonstrate for infants the dyn
Computer animated short that explores the physics of cartoons.
Original, 1-part version from 1996.
You think a bit of wire can't entertain you? Think again.
The ins and outs (and the physics) of vehicular collisions.
Examines the interplay between Pimps and Ho’s and how that dynamic is the simplest expression of how power is wielded in the world. The film utilizes documentary footage, animation, satire and dramatization to illustrate
This documentary argues that evolution is a metaphysical belief.