It seems that I cannot watch the Independent Lens program, “The Atom Smashers” [1], on my local PBS stations. Help! I really want to see this program. If you know of a (legit) way to get it on the internet, let me know. Maybe it’ll appear on the website, maybe not.
At the very least, I’d like your opinions about whether or not it was good.
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Short answer: It was really, really good (full opinion on my blog). I’ll try to get you a DVD of it from my Tivo recording.
You rule, Joe. I used the “Independent Lens” website to find airings of the program in my cable system – there are none on the horizon (damn you, San Mateo Comcast!). This will be a welcome educational gift!
Oh, and for the record Joe’s blog post is here:
http://crazyphysicsnerd.blogspot.com/2008/12/atom-smashers.html