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Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 45 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Bill Nye is feeling down. He's visiting his therapist, Dr. Arnold Schwarzenegger, wondering why he doesn t feel like himself lately. Arnold listens sympathetically and diagnoses the cause Bill is suffering from grief: climate change grief. Thus begins the most unorthodox hour ever devoted to the subject of climate change. Scientist Bill Nye examines the earth's warming temperatures through the prism of the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining,...
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Formats
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The best-selling factual series of all time is now even better! Now, with the addition of all-new commentary and new bonus programs, you can relive this incredible experience all over again!
Planet Earth II is a 2016 multinational nature documentary series produced by the BBC as a sequel to Planet Earth, which was broadcast in 2006. The series is presented and narrated by Sir David Attenborough with the main theme music composed by Hans Zimmer.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dr. Michael Mosley and botanist James Wong celebrate the physics, chemistry, and biology hidden inside every bite of a next meal. Learn how the hidden chemistry of food keeps bodies fit and healthy; take a global culinary adventure to reveal the science that makes food taste delicious; and discover how the chemistry in food affects the brain and creates the deepest cravings.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A team of archaeologists excavating the site of an early American colony discovers something surprising: the remains of a young woman, dating back to 1609, buried in the trash layer of a cellar. Now, 400 years later, a cellar excavation has uncovered numerous bone fragments, all belonging to this adolescent female. With the help of forensic anthropologists, the extraordinary and frightening story of this young woman comes to life.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Journey to the top of the world with scientists as they embark on the most ambitious Arctic research expedition of all time. The Arctic - much of it a vast frozen ocean, shrouded in darkness for half the year - is warming at twice the rate as the rest of the globe.
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Take a global tour in four themed episodes, answering the simplest questions about the complex forces that shape our planet. Why is water blue? How can a shape defy gravity? Why do bees make hexagonal honeycombs? And how do these things affect our own lives? Discover what lies beneath Earth's startling beauty as we reveal the secrets of our cosmos and the natural forces that govern everything within it.
Publisher
Image entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approx. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It's an ultimate voyage that our world has to offer. A journey from the temperate surface to the fiery core of the Earth. With the aid of stunning visual effects, the unexplored interior of the Earth is split wide open, giving us an unbelievable view. From glowing seams of pure iron ore to sparkling diamond caverns to the magnetic field that keeps us safe from the lethal radiation of space.
10) Making stuff 2
Publisher
PBS/NOVA
Pub. Date
©2014.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Go with David Pogue on a fantastic journey through the revolutionary technologies that are making lives better by working faster, safer, colder, and wilder. From quantum computers to maglev trains, and from increasing the speed of a stock transaction to decreasing the risk posed by an earthquake, emerging technologies are changing the world.
11) Neanderthal
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows the creation of a 3-D model of a Neanderthal using emerging research on the lives and DNA of prehistoric humans.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2014.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (553 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Cosmos: a spacetime odyssey continues the exploration of the remarkable mysteries of the cosmos and our place within it. Hosted by renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, this thrilling, 13-part adventure will transport you across the universe of space and time, bringing to life never-before-told stories of the heroic quest for knowledge and a deeper understanding of nature. With an updated Cosmic calendar, dazzling visual effects, and the...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
He's been dead for more than 5,000 years and poked, prodded, and probed by scientists for the last 20. Yet Otzi the Iceman, the famous mummified corpse pulled from a glacier in the Italian Alps, continues to keep many secrets. Now, through an autopsy like none other, scientists will attempt to unravel mysteries about the ancient mummy, revealing not only the details of Otzi's death but also an entire way of life.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
c2007.
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (645 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Captures rare action, impossible locations, and intimate moments with our planet's best-loved, wildest, and most elusive creatures. From the highest mountains to the deepest rivers, [the program] takes you to places you've never been to experience sights and sounds never before captured on film. Prepare to be overwhelmed by the beauty and majesty of 'Planet Earth'.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
What happens when a professor invites an octopus to live in his home? NATURE follows Dr. David Scheel as he links behavioral discoveries to amazing octopus stories around the world, from the Day octopus that can change color and texture, to the Coconut octopus who carries around its coconut shell to hide. But most fascinating is Scheel's and his daughter's evolving relationship with "Heidi".
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
One of the world's greatest ancient enigmas, the Nazca lines are a dense network of criss-crossinglines, geometric shapes, and animal figures etched across 200 square miles of Peruvian desert. Who created them and why?
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (521 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The dazzling Thirteenth Doctor falls out of the sky just in time to thwart an alien huntsman who is stalking human prey. With little time to spare and the population of Sheffield (and Earth!) at risk, the Doctor recruits three new friends, gentle Ryan, no-nonsense Yasmin and Ryan's step-grandfather, Graham, who soon feel more like family than companions. Join the foursome in ten fresh and enormously thrilling rollercoaster adventures across time and...
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