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5) Core geology
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In Core Geology, the building blocks of this most contemporary science are laid out in a logical order, including the meaning of the fossil record.
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Tracking through 12,000 years of history in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States, James Burke shows how past events and technologies led to modern inventions, such as the atomic bomb, engines, electric lamps, telecommunications, the computer, refrigeration, the production line, jets, plastics, rocketry, and movies.
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Known as the court of last resort, the Supreme Court, where nine judges appointed for life make monumental decisions that govern our everyday lives, from the contents of the nation's daily newspapers to what we can do in the privacy of our own homes. With immense power and considerable mystery, the court of final appeal has helped author the history of America. One nation under law: Examines the creation of the court and follows it through the brink...
13) Body atlas
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This series takes the viewer on a journey through the human body. New techniques film the interior workings of the body in action. Each program matches the interior process to the way it affects our everyday lives.
14) Twelfth night
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Twins Sebastian and Viola are separated after a shipwreck and believe each other dead. Viola disguises herself as a page boy, Cesario, to work for Duke Orsino and falls in love with him, but he loves Olivia, who falls in love with Cesario. Seeing Sebastian one day, she mistakes him for Cesario and marries him. The confusion is cleared up when Viola and Sebastian meet again, and the Duke marries Viola. The subplot concerns the efforts of Sir Toby and...
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Episode 1 traces the geological forces that created and have transformed the continent of Africa. Balsalt mountains near Victoria Falls are reminders of the volcanic eruptions that once shattered the continent of Pangaea to give birth to the continents. Near Cairo, a paleontologist studies fossil remnants in the pyramids of Giza that indicate the Sahara Desert was once a shallow tropical sea. Moving deeper into the desert, he finds fossil remnants...
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In the last half of the 20th century, scientists began understanding that industrialization and the effects of explosive population growth were affecting the fundamental structure and composition of earth's atmosphere. Man's ever-increasing thirst for energy, quenched by the burning of fossil fuels, has dramatically increased greenhouse gases in the lower atmosphere. This 2-disc set examines and explains this phenomenon, and looks into the future...
18) PaleoWorld
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This series presents an in-depth look at what is known, and how we know about dinosaurs.
20) Timon of Athens
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Details the transformation of a noble Athenian from a reckless spendthrift to a mad misanthrope.