Connections
I’m enjoying the Netflix series ‘Connected’, presented by science journalist Latif Nasser. There’s a whole episode on dust, for example, which reveals surprising connections between fossilised fish, sand in the Sahara Desert, Atlantic hurricanes, oxygen-generating phytoplankton and soil fertility in the Amazon rainforest. Another explores hidden mathematical codes like Benford’s Law that recur in nature and society, connecting everything from volcanoes and astronomy to political elections and social media. Not only does this put the joy of discovery back into science, it also introduces the science of complex living systems to a mainstream audience, without ever calling it that.
— Wayne Visser
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