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Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Explores the origins and effects of those inventions that shape our modern world.
"This humorous and upbeat science series show that history is filled with seemingly unrelated discoveries that are actually connected in the most surprising ways. Host James Burke continues to delight viewers as he explores the effects and origins of inventions and events that shape the modern world"--Container cover insert.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A rare 15th-century manuscript in Denmark's Royal Library describes in detail the fighting techniques taught by master of arms Hans Talhoffer, including not only weapons techniques, but hand-fighting, defence and strategy. Also included are numerous illustrations of medieval inventions resembling armored tanks, explosives, and underwater breathing apparatus.
Series
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
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.
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
[date of publication not identified]
Language
English
Description
A massive survey of science from flint tools to the theory of relativity. It was made as a science counterpart to Sir Kenneth Clark's series Civilisation, with Jacob Bronowski presenting his own view of science and mankind.
Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The course is organized around six main themes: inquiries into the history of the cosmos; investigations into the realm of living things; the largely successful attempt to break away from occult explanations of chemical phenomena; the contrasting persistence of such appeals in explaining natural phenomena; the proliferation of physical forces discovered and investigated; and the recurring theme of the relationship of God to nature.
10) Medieval warfare
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"This informative and entertaining military history series features an in-depth look at three key events in the history of medieval warfare."
11) The Civil War
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002], c1990
Language
English
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Description
An epic documentary bringing life to America's most destructive - and defining - conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated generals and the ordinary soldiers. A heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one again.
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