One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry for help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. Good thing since as it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. Horton agrees to help p...
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Probes the twin revolutions in physics and astronomy, and delves into scientists' century-long struggle to discover the fundamental laws of Everything. Includes telescopes, pulsars, the size of the universe, astrophysics, black holes, atoms and more.
Traces the pendulum swing of psychological theory from nature to nurture and back again. Case studies, classic experiments, and research on the brain blaze this trail of discovery, revealing what we have learned about ourselves and what still remains a riddle. We also see the dar...
Introduces viewers to the inventors, entrepreneurs and industrial scientists whose work fueled the 20th century's technological revolution. Topics include aviation and automobiles, mass media and the computer, and synthetic materials like nylon.
Looks at what has been learned about the history of the earth, the origins of human beings, genetics, and the origins of life on earth.
Investigates the remarkable breakthroughs in surgery, vaccines, drugs and medical technology; medicine's new ethical questions; and assumptions about life and death. Key topics include fighting disease, penicillin, insulin, surgery, and organ transplants.
Culled from speeches, interviews, press conferences, as well as articles by and about the candidates, Charles Osgood offers a compendium of anecdotes from the last seventy years of presidential campaigns.