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How Many Stars?
In 1982, I saw a short film that offered a well-reasoned attempt to answer a timeless question: How many stars are there in the universe? It was fascinating and unforgettable. I remember thinking that someday I’d like to make a film like that. Thirty-six years later someday finally arrived.
During the past six weeks, Jerry Harned and I have been working on a new five-minute video. In it we try to calculate the star population of the
God and the Astronomer
Astronomers now find they have painted themselves into a corner because they have proven, by their own methods, that the universe began abruptly in an act of creation. ~ Robert Jastrow
There are a lot of things to like about filmmaking, including the people you meet and the places you sometimes get to go. This month’s John 10:10 Project featured film grew out of two memorable experiences Jerry Harned and I had in
Big Universe. Bigger God.
In 2004 we finished a film that was (and still is) very near and dear to our hearts. It was called THE PRIVILEGED PLANET. In it, we explored some of the many reasons why Earth occupies a special place in the universe.
For complex life to exist, dozens of factors have to be in place including: an oxygen-rich atmosphere, an abundance of liquid water, a protective magnetic field, an axial tilt that allows