Blaise Pascal

I think I couldn't have understood this show (if I do understand it) if I had not read Neal Stephenson's The System of the World trilogy, in which he made clear to me that Isaac Newton's scientific investigations were essentially religious -- looking upon the world as a work of G*d, and seeking to understand Him through His works. In this movie, Pascal's life is shown as the conflict between reason and observation -- and the understanding that that the finite mind of man cannot grasp as infinite universe, let alone a vaster G*d that could create everything.

Dry and fascinating.