DVD of galactic simulations now online for free

Gravitas: Portraits of a Universe is astrophysicist John Dubinski's self-published DVD containing his stunning supercomputer simulations of galactic evolution set to music. Dubinski has now made the DVD disk image available free via BitTorrent for personal and educational use. From Cornell University's arXiv e-print service:

GRAVITAS... presents a visual and musical celebration of the beauty in a dynamic universe driven by gravity. Animations from supercomputer simulations of forming galaxies, star clusters, galaxy clusters, and galaxy interactions are presented as moving portraits of cosmic evolution. Billions of years of complex gravitational choreography are presented in 9 animations - each one interpreted with an original musical composition inspired by the exquisite movements of gravity. The result is an emotive and spiritually uplifting synthesis of science and art.

Link (Thanks, Matt Daniels!)

[#1 posted by Lone , February 27, 2008 5:42 PM]

DVD is $15.

Otherwise expect gridlock quality torrent speeds.

[#2 posted by gabrielm , February 27, 2008 5:57 PM]

@Lone

Otherwise expect gridlock quality torrent speeds.

Me thinks you need a refresher on the advantages of bittorrents! wikipedia

[#3 posted by gabrielm , February 27, 2008 6:00 PM]

Or, is it that you have comcast?

[#4 posted by Agent 86 , February 27, 2008 6:05 PM]

Where's the link to the torrent? I didn't see it on their GRAVITAS page.

[#5 posted by gabrielm , February 27, 2008 6:15 PM]

@Agent,
It took me a little while to see it to. The link is the disc image that says "free download" on the left.

Here is a direct link to the torrent. Let's all try to speed it up a bit for @Lone ;)

[#6 posted by sparkdale , February 27, 2008 8:30 PM]

I saw a presentation of this at the Music Gallery in Toronto some time last year. The music is really amazing.

[#7 posted by Lone , February 27, 2008 9:05 PM]

Yes to Comcast, Id forgotten about their p2p shenanigans (hopefully the workaround soon to be will work -_- ).

[#8 posted by Cowicide , February 27, 2008 11:44 PM]

gabrielm, thx for direct tor link

[#9 posted by starcadia , February 28, 2008 12:07 AM]

Really great videos. I downloaded straight from the site, no torrent necessary. The last, 3D, video was my favorite. After watching the rest first, which was all amazing, seeing the action in 3D was truly awesome. Very inspired work. The music was decent too, and matched the hi-fi/lo-fi-ness of the visuals nicely. Thanks! :D

[#10 posted by David Carroll , February 28, 2008 6:51 AM]

BitTorrent is telling me that it will take 6 days to download the universe. I'm not complaining.. Just find it a bit of a coincidence!

[#11 posted by patholio , March 3, 2008 10:08 AM]

@David Carroll - LOL