"Foundation" is a phenomenal work of science and one of The best shows on AppleTVor generally the air right now. It is necessary to work that was considered an indecent, dense work of fiction with a huge scale, but not much action, and turns it into a blockbuster that balances the party with deeper philosophical conversations and topics - a type of recent adaptation of Dunis Vilnev.

Based on the huge influential series of Isaac Asimov's books of the same name, "Foundation" is a saga for the fall of the Galactic Empire. People scattered throughout the galaxy have tried to prevent humanity from falling into dark time after the end of the empire by establishing a basis for preserving knowledge. For three seasons, we followed the foundation because it grew from a small group of people in a legitimate threat to the empire, while a mysterious pirate named Mule The conquest of both the Empire and the Foundation can destroy.

Part of what makes this show so fascinating is how expansive it is. The Foundation introduces Asimov's other scientific stories into its universe And it expands the scope of the story for several thousand years, while exploring complex ideas for the meaning of itself, humanity, sensitivity and paradoxes. But no matter how dense the show is, it is also only visually astonishing. Case in point, the look of the Galactic Council's headquarters, the Clarion station, which inspiration of cold tradition in science: the O'Neal cylinder.

The O'Neal cylinder is a concept proposed by Ardarard K. O'Neal, a physicist and space activist who developed a plan through which people could build settlements in space. The titular cylinder is a space settlement made of two cylinders rotating in opposite directions, which will make it to always be directed to the sun, while rotation provides artificial weight.

O'Neill was not the first to come up with such an idea. Arthur F. Clark thought of a foreign cylinder in "Rama Rama", while Larry came out with a similar idea (but larger scale) in his scientific novel "Ringweld", which turned into a very influential series of novels. But O'Neal's book of 1976 "High Border: Human Colonies in Space" was cemented in reality for which the authors of science had previously only dreamed of.

The concept of cylinder space resettlement has become a popular science fiction trophy. "Babylon 5" and "The Expanse" did so, as well as "Interstellar" and the popular video game trilogy "Mass Effect" (Clarion station is basically Citadela). However, you could claim that O'Neal cylinder is most closely linked to the anime franchise "Mobile Costume Gundam", as many, many, very space colonies in the franchise (which tend to descend directly into the country as military tactics with destroying power) all follow this design.

It is a special and unique look that immediately screaming science while still real enough to use even in the most basic stories of science. That "foundation" uses this design just talks about the balance between the grounded and more fantastic and foreign science in the show- For another example, see Visi-Sonor.