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5) 2057
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Includes 2057 (a look at custom-built organs, robotic surgery, intelligent clothing, and more amazing inventions in the future) and Future Car (a look at cars in 2030, the fuel they would use, the computers in them, and more).
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Description
"Nova takes viewers on a fascinating quest with a group of pioneering mathematicians determined to decipher the rules that govern fractal geometry. Their remarkable findings are deepening our understanding of nature and stimulating a new wave of scientific, medical and artistic innovation, stretching from the ecology of the rainforest to fashion design." - Container.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Formats
Description
Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death in 1962. Over the course of these years, Theodore would...
Author
Pub. Date
1998-04-13
Description
During the Depression-era 1930s, tens of thousands of teenagers hopped on freight trains in search of a better life elsewhere. What they found was a mixture of adventure, camadarie, hardship, and loneliness. These are the evocative stories of teen hoboes crisscrossing America during tough times.
12) Templar code
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Medieval experts and code breakers examine the coded geometric images carved into the walls of the Knight's Templar's prison in France as they explore the identities of these mysterious men.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Venture outside our solar system in another epic exploration of the universe and its mysteries. With strikingly realistic computer re-creations, feel like you have traveled to the edge of the unknown including visiting strange and unfamiliar worlds; prepare for the worst; uncover the secrets of our own galaxy. Learn what 'Dark matter' is and how it takes up 95% of the universe. Find out more about 'White holes,' which actually create matter.
16) Renewable energy
Series
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Discover how air, water, earth, and fire are transformed into clean, reliable sources of heat, electricity, and even automobile fuel, and take an in-depth look at solar, wind, geothermal, biofuel, and tidal power.
18) The great fever
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Explore how the Chief Surgeon of the U. S. Army tested the theory of one Cuban doctor, who believed that mosquitos were spreading the deadly disease Yellow Fever in 1900.