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Is Cosmos worth watching or is it too far out of date? Would I do better with the new Brian Cox British things?

I have the strangest urge to watch ten-part non fiction documentaries. Maybe partly because Mad Men, season 4 hasn't proved terribly gripping so far.

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[dominika-kretek.livejournal.com]

With the caveat that I adored Cosmos when it first aired, even bought the soundtrack, wanted to be an astronomer, etc....

I watched it again recently, and was impressed at how well it held up. The DVDs have short Cosmos Update vids that update the science, but I was surprised to discover that the science was never really the point, but rather a spirit of free inquiry and wonder toward the material universe. I felt connected to a very old intellectual tradition.

Watching ten-part documentaries always reminds me of A Zed and Two Noughts.