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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Dangerous Knowledge



In this one-off documentary, David Malone looks at four brilliant mathematicians - Georg Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing - whose genius has profoundly affected us, but which tragically drove them insane and eventually led to them all committing suicide.

To Arms 1914 - The First World War




This is a documentary which briefly covers the root cause of the first world war and the timeline of events which influenced the war. This documentary has good archival footage and photographs collection.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa and Swami Vivekananda Documentary

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (February 18, 1836 - August 16, 1886), born Gadadhar Chattopadhyay is a famous mystic of nineteenth century India. His religious school of thought led to the formation of the Ramakrishna Mission by his chief disciple Swami Vivekananda—both were influential figures in the Bengali Renaissance and the Hindu renaissance during 19th and 20th century.