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Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Shows the actual conception and development of a baby. Looks inside the male and female reproductive organs to show the formation of sperm and the passage of a fertilized egg through the fallopian tube. Uses a microscope to observe DNA, chromosomes, and other minute body details building up to the moment of birth.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Archaeological experts and others challenge the theory that the first Americans arrived in America around 13,500 years ago and suggest possibilites that they could have arrived even sooner.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Geologists investigate the forces involved in the formation of the mysterious plateau located 200 miles east of Seattle known as the Channeled Scablands.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines trends and developments in world population growth, set to reach 9 billion by 2050. In Japan, Europe and Russia, birth rates are shrinking and the population is aging. In parts of India and Africa, more than half of the still-growing population is under 25.
5) To the moon
Series
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2000, 1999.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) :; sd., color ;; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Series
Publisher
WGBH
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On March 13, 1989, the lights went out across Canada and the eastern seaboard of the United States. One of the most serious power grid failures in American history was caused by a magnetic storm. Nova explores one of the most serious threats to life.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Because the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights are literally fading away, a five-year project is underway to design new encasements and a new rotunda for the charters. NOVA's cameras followed the controversial plan to give an insider's look at the technology that now safeguards America's charters of freedom.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(60 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
Archaeologists and engineers attempt to duplicate ancient solutions to engineering problems. In this case, the problem is building and learning to use a war machine called a trebuchet.
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