Haydn Gwynne
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This program follows El Niño's deadly path through human history and the progress science has made in understanding the phenomenon. The effects of El Niño are presented in detail, including an 1878 outbreak of yellow fever in Tennessee, a concurrent drought that ravaged much of China, and more recent calamities that have brought the true nature of this climatic occurrence to light. Focusing on high-tech advances in meteorology, the video outlines...
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This lucid series tells the stories of Nietzsche, Heidegger and Sartre, three men who spent their lives in search of a philosophy that would make sense of this bewildering new world. When the twentieth century began, few would have challenged the idea that scientific advances and material progress would make the world a better place. Old ways of thinking were swept aside - religious belief included - and mankind was left poorly equipped to deal with...