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The story of science [videorecording] : power, proof and passion / produced by BBC Productions ; series producer, Aidan Laverty.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: BBCDVD3157 | BBC WorldwidePublication details: [London] : BBC Worldwide ; London : Distributed by 2 entertain Video, c2010.Description: 3 videodiscs (355 mins) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inUniform titles:
  • Story of science (Television program)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • Q125 Q180.55.D57 S76 2010
Contents:
Disc 1. What is out there? ; What is the world made of? ; How did we get here? -- Disc 2. Can we have unlimited power? ; What is the secret of life? ; Who are we? -- Disc 3. The hidden kingdom ; The chemistry of life ; The spark of life.
Production credits:
  • Consultants, Prof Pietro Corsi, Dr Jim Endersby, Dr Patricia Fara ; archive researchers, Mike Lewis ... [et al.] ; composer, Ty Unwin.
Presented by Michael Mosley.Summary: "For three thousand years, we have struggled to answer the great questions: the what, the where, the how and the why of mankind and our planet... An insightful and entertaining series, the Story of Science reveals how the political upheavals of history combine with iconic inventions and discoveries, along with the ideas of great thinkers, to create the advances that have transformed our lives."--Container.
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Presented by Michael Mosley.

Title from disc label.

Bonus feature: Cell.

English subtitles for the hearing impaired.

"For three thousand years, we have struggled to answer the great questions: the what, the where, the how and the why of mankind and our planet... An insightful and entertaining series, the Story of Science reveals how the political upheavals of history combine with iconic inventions and discoveries, along with the ideas of great thinkers, to create the advances that have transformed our lives."--Container.

DVD (PAL); Region 2 + 4; aspect ratio 16:9; stereo.

Consultants, Prof Pietro Corsi, Dr Jim Endersby, Dr Patricia Fara ; archive researchers, Mike Lewis ... [et al.] ; composer, Ty Unwin.

Disc 1. What is out there? ; What is the world made of? ; How did we get here? -- Disc 2. Can we have unlimited power? ; What is the secret of life? ; Who are we? -- Disc 3. The hidden kingdom ; The chemistry of life ; The spark of life.

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