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Energy
Item# 39770
© 2010
33 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-013-5
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-853-6
Talking about energy is tricky because everyday words can also have specialized scientific meanings. Through the process of defining key terms like "power," "work," and even "energy" itself, this prog...
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Forces and Motion
Item# 39771
© 2010
24 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-014-2
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-855-0
In New York City, there are many ways to travel. Of course, it's a lot easier if you're a bird. Using the Big Apple as a living laboratory, this program addresses speed and distance using a pigeon, a...
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The Nature of Matter
Item# 39774
© 2010
32 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-860-4
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-861-1
An elephant and a racing car don't have much in common-except for the remarkable fact that they're made of similar fundamental building blocks. This program takes a simulated subatomic look at a glass...
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Physics in Action
Item# 39769
© 2010
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-850-5
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61616-012-8
Can the study of physics be fun? This clever five-part series answers "Yes!" by presenting essential facts, formulas, and laws of physics through real-world examples, illustrative animations, and a li...
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Planets, Stars, and Galaxies
Item# 39772
© 2010
31 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-856-7
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-857-4
Beginning with the history of astronomy (Ptolemy, Copernicus, Giordano Bruno, Galileo), this program considers the mathematics of motion (velocity, acceleration); gravity (Kepler's discoveries, Newton...
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Processes that Shape the Earth
Item# 39773
© 2010
32 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-016-6
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61616-015-9
The Earth is like a living, breathing organism. From its molten core to the upper reaches of the atmosphere, nothing is still. How was the planet formed, and what are the forces that continue to sculp...
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New! The Atom Smashers
Item# 41081
© 2008
73 Min.
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A swollen deficit and a dwindling of political will are chipping away at American leadership in science. This program presents an absorbing case study of the problem, going behind the scenes at Fermil...
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Nuclear Power: Its Achievements and Uncertainties
Item# 40383
© 2008
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-038-8
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61616-037-1
Given the rising demand for alternative energy sources, many people are taking a second look at nuclear power. Hence, there is a growing need for instruction in the technology behind it as well as the...
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Can We Make a Star on Earth?
Item# 40439
© 2008
48 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-929-8
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-930-4
Nuclear fusion has kept our Sun burning for five billion years. Might it be harnessed here on Earth as an energy source? This program illustrates the race to create artificial stars that can ensure hu...
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High Anxieties: The Mathematics of Chaos
Item# 40397
© 2008
59 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-844-4
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-845-1
For centuries, Western society drew sustenance from Newtonian physics, classical economics, and other orderly systems of thought. But today's intellectual climate offers no such comforts, focusing ins...
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