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Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Full screen version ; classroom edition.
Language
English
Description
Randy Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University was asked to deliver a "Last Lecture" (a series designed to examine the final lessons the speaker would impart when facing their own mortality). For Randy the topic was anything but hypothetical - he had recently received a terminal cancer diagnosis. He delivered his lecture entitled: "Really achieving your childhood dreams" at Carnegie Mellon University on Sept. 18, 2007. Randy lost his cancer...
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
This is a brand new series that explores the greatest achievements in American history in the context of the time period, incorporating archival footage that captures the monumental events of yesteryear. Chronicles the amazing life of Thomas Alva Edison, his remarkable inventions such as the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph and the motion picture camera, plus it provides an in-depth view of his business and marketing acumen that all led to...
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Take a journey inside the mind of a genius. Albert Einstein was considered by many to be the greatest thinker of the 20th century. His amazing discoveries gave scientists around the world new insights about the universe in which we live. The things we know today about time and space, mass and energy, gravity and light, are attributed to Einstein. All this and more as we explore the life and mind of Albert Einstein" ... web site synopsis.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and work of one of the most important neuroscientists of the 20th century, Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel. A compelling blend of autobiography and history that recounts some scientific developments in our understanding of the brain's role in recording and preserving memory. In addition to archival footage and dramatic re-creations of Kandel's childhood experiences in Nazi-occupied Vienna and his formative years as an emigrant in...
10) Decoding Watson
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Discovering the secret of life at age 25 with Francis Crick, Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson has thrived on making headlines ever since. His discovery of DNA's structure, the double helix, revolutionized human understanding of how life works. Uncover his signature achievements, complexities, and contradictions, including his penchant for expressing unfiltered points of view.
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