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1) Interstellar
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With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.
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The film uses physics, which explains how the universe works, to explain our metaphysics, the story of our values, our institutions, our interactions. Using her own experience and a custom blend of insight and humor, provocation and inspiration, personal story and social commentary, Emily takes her audience through its paradigm shift: from the Fear of Change to the Edge of Chaos. Emily Levine, like her film, was one-of-a-kind. She was a television...
3) Interstellar
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A group of space travelers journey through a wormhole in search of a new habitable planet.
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17-year-old physics whiz Casey Carlyle is urged by her physics teacher to work on a physics project over the summer for presentation to Harvard. Since Casey is an ice skater she decides on a project that will show the elements of physics applied in competitive figure skating. To better understand the principles she's using, she will have to become her own test subject. She decides that she wants to skate on the Nationals circuit, but has some very...
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Dr. Steven Gimbel of Gettysburg College shows how physics and philosophy work together to reveal the true nature of the universe. Physics makes the discoveries and philosophy interprets the results. Those results have been very odd since the turn of the twentieth century, with relativity, quantum theory, and Big Bang cosmology overthrowing the conventional picture of reality.
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What's the most common, yet most elusive and least understood, particle in the universe? The neutrino. Starting with the invention of the nuclear bomb, billions of dollars have been spent in pursuit of this so-called ghost particle. Outnumbering atoms a billion to one, neutrinos are preposterously plentiful, they hardly interact with anything, and they mystifyingly morph between three different forms.
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This lecture series focuses on gravity. Gravity is both the most familiar and the strangest of all the forces of nature. Though it is extraordinarily weak- it takes a whole planet to exert a fairly modest pull on a falling apple- it can act over astronomical distances. This is why gravity is the dominant force shaping the cosmos on the largest scale.
11) Particle fever
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Follow six scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, marking the start-up of the biggest and most expensive experiment in the history of the planet. As they seek to unravel the mysteries of the universe, 10,000 scientists join forces in pursuit of a single goal: to recreate conditions that existed just moments after the Big Bang and find the Higgs boson, potentially explaining the origin of all matter.
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On July 4, 2012, scientists at the giant atom smashing facility at CERN announced the discovery of a subatomic particle that seems like a tantalizingly close match to the elusive Higgs Boson, thought to be responsible for giving all the stuff in the universe its mass. Now CERN's scientists are preparing to restart the history-making collider, hoping to find the next great discovery.
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Gravity: What is the force that puts the thrill in thrill rides? Gravity, of course! Walt Disney Imagineers define gravity and explain the relationship between gravity, mass, and distance.
Fluids: What bit of science do the Walt Disney Imagineers turn to when they want to make a splash? Fluids! In this program, the Imagineers demonstrate how they use fluids to their advantage when constructing Disney rides and attractions.
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Get ready, set, dough: It's Ms. Frizzle's birthday. A field trip to the bakery seems perfect, until the bus's shrinker-scope goes on the fritz and the class gets baked in a cake!
Plays ball: Ms. Frizzle combines Dorothy Ann's physics and Ralphie's baseball into a "Frictionless Baseball Game."
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"This dynamic, high definition, science DVD defines and helps children explore the terms 'translational motion,' 'acceleration,' 'kinematics,' 'scalars,' 'momentum,' vectors,' and 'velocity.' Divided into segments, this program is designed to reinforce and support a viewer's comprehension and retention of these terms through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and labels. Kids will see and hear the terms used...
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Energy: What specific principle is at work in every theme park ride the Walt Disney Imagineers create? Energy! The Imagineers explain the difference between potential and kinetic energy, and demonstrate the role energy plays in popular Disney theme park attractions.
Electricity: What powers some of the brightest attractions at Disney's theme parks? Electricity! From lighting thousands of bulbs to transmitting electricity through water, the Walt Disney...
17) Isaac Newton
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Learn all about the life of Sir Isaac Newton and his major contributions to science. What were the significant events of Isaac Newton's early life? What were his major discoveries? The answers to these questions and many more are covered with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video, as well as on-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment that reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
18) Ice princess
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17-year-old physics whiz Casey Carlyle is urged by her physics teacher to work on a physics project over the summer for presentation to Harvard. Since Casey is an ice skater she decides on a project that will show the elements of physics applied in competitive figure skating. To better understand the principles she's using, she will have to become her own test subject. She decides that she wants to skate on the Nationals circuit, but has some very...
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A documentary produced in 1979 by WGBH and the BBC to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Albert Einstein. Narrated and hosted by Peter Ustinov and written by Nigel Calder, the author of the accompanying book of the same title, the film takes place at the University of Texas' McDonald Observatory where a staff of renowned scientists and physicists take both Ustinov and the viewer through a hands on experience of the various facets of Einstein's...
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Dramatizes how Einstein arrived at his 1905 discovery that the realms of matter and energy are linked. Reveals the roots of this breakthrough in the human stories of scientists Michael Farady, Antoine Lavoisier and Lise Maitner, whose innovative thinking across four centures helped lead to E=mc?p2, and ultimately unleashed the power of the atom.