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Aspects of child development Buy-ology Core curriculum video libraries (Cambridge educational (Firm)) Core curriculum video library Drugs, uses & abuses Music of the primes Mystic women of the middle ages Plant wars Research methods in the social sciences Standard deviants core curriculumSummary: In this program, James Lovelock explains the development and evolution of his Gaia hypothesis, which considers the Earth as an intimately linked system of physical, chemical, and biological processes, interacting in a self-regulating way to maintain the conditions necessary for life. He discusses counterarguments proposed by scientists including Richard Dawkins. The Daisyworld climatic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Despite the highest sanitary and medical standards, diseases once extremely rare in developed nations are now on the rise. Has ultra-hygienic living unwittingly made us the enemies of our oldest allies? This program examines compelling evidence for the "hygiene hypothesis," which suggests that indiscriminate war on all microscopic organisms may be bad for our health. Immunologists,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Is it possible to predict what will make us happy? Why do some people have the ability to bounce back after disaster strikes, while others do not? This program examines qualities such as compassion, forgiveness, altruism, and resilience that foster positive emotions. In the spotlight are people facing major life challenges-job loss, a diagnosis of cancer, the death of a child, a serious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Trying to find happiness is the search of a lifetime, and in this multi-segment ABC News program, a diverse cross-section of experts shares insights into the psychological and physiological constituents of happiness; the effects of genes, life circumstances, and intentional activities on happiness; where on Earth the most-and least-happiness is said to exist; and the story of one person who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: In this program, a helpful bunch of bullies comes to grips with and alternate hypotheses, the significance level, the test statistic, acceptance and rejection regions, one- and two-tailed tests, and Type I and Type II errors. The essentials of dealing with small samples-including t-distribution, the t-Value Formula, and degrees of freedom-are also tackled.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This video examines THC and the cannabinoids marijuana, hashish, and hash oil. Expert commentary is presented by former NFL player Charles Hunt, a pharmacist, a police officer, addiction counselors, a historian, a pastor, recovering addicts, and others. Together, they explain the history and biological effects of THC, investigating its use, abuse, and hazards, and its reputation as a gateway drug.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: After training in biochemistry at the Institute Pasteur, Matthieu Ricard left science behind to move to the Himalayas and become a Buddhist monk - and to pursue happiness, both at a basic human level and as a subject of inquiry. In this TEDTalk, the author of Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill explains that we can train our minds in habits of well-being in order to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Many consider Alan Turing to be the father of computer science-mainly because of his cryptography machine, which cracked the German code during World War II. But Turing created his device before the war-not for military purposes, but in the hope of disproving the Riemann hypothesis. This program gives an account of Turing's unresolved zeta function research, the tragic conclusion of his life,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: With the advent of Bernhard Riemann's zeta-hypothesis, the study of prime numbers took on astonishing new dimensions-including a way to predict the appearance of primes. This program focuses on the numerical landscape which Riemann's calculations opened up and examines the work of subsequent mathematicians who challenged the notion of a finite set of prime numbers. Using state-of-the-art 3-D...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: At 17 years of age, microbiology prodigy Eva Vertes discovered a compound that stops fruit fly brain cells from dying - a breakthrough regarded as a step toward curing Alzheimer's disease. Now she aims to find better ways to treat, and even avoid, cancer. In this TEDTalk, 19-year-old Vertes discusses how she decided to make medical research her life's work and how her quest to understand the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Ernesto "Che" Guevara was both a romantic and a rebel, honored by many for his commitment to liberation yet vilified by others as a rogue. This compelling program traces the life of a man whose idealism and determination gripped the imagination of an era. Interviews with family members, partisans, enemies, and others-including the photographer who immortalized him-share their recollections and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: By turns charming, alarming, and poignant, this program questions the accuracy of the human evolution theory. Chimpanzees show signs of sophisticated language, advanced social behavior, and other traits thought reserved only for humans-even empathy. No one knows this better than the legendary Jane Goodall: her pride and joy, Frodo, grew up in front of film cameras in Gombe in Tanzania for over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: What distinguishes science from other human endeavors? How does scientific knowledge develop? What differentiates pseudo-science from science? This program attempts to answer these questions and give an account of the characteristics of scientific activity. The show deals with the importance of scientific instruments in the exploration of the universe and our view of the world. It also shows...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This program airs conflicting viewpoints of biologists, nutritionists, and geriatric experts as it presents efforts being made to dramatically slow the process of aging. Factors impacting the rate of aging and bodily changes associated with aging are analyzed, and insights into the telomere hypothesis, the oxidative stress hypothesis, and hormone depletion associated with aging are provided....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Adam suspects that most hairy dogs have balding owners. Testing his "pet" theory at a local park, he quickly finds flaws in his own experiment. This video demonstrates Adam's second test, involving better preparation, more rigorous analysis, and an exciting pasta cook-off. Showing how Adam can effectively determine the best spaghetti recipe, the program illustrates concepts that are central to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: An ambitious stepmother, a pragmatic father, impassioned sweethearts, and starry-eyed suitors are all sent spinning in Oliver Goldsmith's classic comedy of manners-and errors. Directed by Max Stafford-Clark and recorded at The Theatre Royal in Bath, this production of She Stoops to Conquer played to rave reviews. Staged with authentic costumes and sets, the commonly anthologized play makes an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Perhaps no members of European royalty rejected wealth and embraced poverty so utterly as Elizabeth and Margaret, Hungarian princesses and members of a ruling family that produced ten saints. Filmed amidst the spectacular vistas of Hungary's medieval past, this program traces the lives of Elizabeth, queen of Thuringia, and her niece, Margaret, comparing and contrasting their asceticism and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Helping children to grow and bloom properly also means taking into account their biological rhythms. This program seeks out holistic approaches to education that more scientifically organize the school day and strike a better balance between intellectual and physical development. Educators, psychologists, a geneticist, a philosopher, and others consider topics such as the times of day when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Blogging is booming in China, offering young people the chance to let the world know what's on their minds. In this TEDTalk, journalist Yang Lan provides insight into the next generation of Chinese citizens by looking at their use of social media. Among the first to grow up under the one-child policy, bloggers are coping with its societal fall-out as well as problems of urbanization - low...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Shopping, once simply a basic task, now vies with television as America's most popular leisure activity. How are retailers cashing in on all that discretionary spending? From the Turkish bazaar to the Mall of America, this program reveals the strategies being used to ensure that wallets and purses remain open for business. Retail anthropologist Paco Underhill, shopping center architect Eric...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In Canada, retailers lose more than a million dollars every day to employee theft. Enter the pre-employment honesty test. Using a case study of a woman denied employment on the basis of an honesty test as a springboard for discussion, this program provides an overview of this controversial screening device. Issues of question validity, test discrimination, and the proper use of psychometric...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2000
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Summary: In the summer of 1965, tensions in South Central Los Angeles exploded: high unemployment, poverty, and racism ignited a tinderbox of frustration after a routine traffic arrest. In 1991, the same conditions once again resulted in riots, violence, and looting after the acquittal of four white police officers in the beating of Rodney King. This program examines the socioeconomic conditions in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This inspiring documentary examines the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps—the Tuskegee Airmen. These 450 black men fought the Nazis in World War II and, back in America, they fought prejudice, bigotry, and racism. Extraordinary airmen, they remain today the only fighter group never to have lost one of their bombers to enemy fire. Trained by the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2002
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Summary: Surveying the vast biodiversity of the medicinal plant world, this program examines the challenges facing countries rich in such natural resources. The video presents interviews with numerous alternative health experts-including Dr. Jean-Pierre Willem, renowned surgeon, ethnologist, and the last field assistant of Dr. Albert Schweitzer-and documents their knowledge in a wide range of herbal and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006