mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz) (03/08/85)
I was really disapointed by this show. This was one of the worst Nova episodes I've ever seen. (Another two were the ESP and meteorite/extinction episodes.) I enjoyed seeing Smullyan, and really liked the presentation of the paradox of the set of all sets that do not contain themselves. (I still chuckle at the image of the librarian holding a big catalog and scratching his head trying to decide which stack of catalogs to put it in.) But the vast majoprity of the rest of the program made extremely little use of the visual qualities of television, too much use of talking heads, and taught virtually nothing about mathematics. It was more like a gossip show. Nova is essentially the only general-science show on the air, and sometimes is extremely good. But this one episode was disappointing. I wonder why AAAS hasn't started a general science television show yet. They've already wet their feet with Science '85 magazine, which is by far the best of the popular science magazines. There's alot of room for corporate sponsorship of general science programming. -- Mike Huybensz ...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh