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Chemical bonding Chemistry experiments and processes (New York, N.Y.) Chemistry in action Core curriculum video libraries (Cambridge educational (Firm)) Core curriculum video library Essential chemistry (New York, N.Y.) First light: Tuscany and the dawn of the Renaissance Micro credit for women Physics in action Standard deviants core curriculumFilter By Series
Chemical bonding Chemistry experiments and processes (New York, N.Y.) Chemistry in action Core curriculum video libraries (Cambridge educational (Firm)) Core curriculum video library Essential chemistry (New York, N.Y.) First light: Tuscany and the dawn of the Renaissance Micro credit for women Physics in action Standard deviants core curriculumSummary: Are the days of the traditional cash economy numbered? This program examines ground-breaking monetary systems designed to benefit disadvantaged segments of the population and build strength in the small business sector-not only in the United States, but also in Mexico, India, Poland, and Britain. Traveling to each country, the program showcases remarkable financial innovations-including the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: How is the word "capital" related to "cattle"? What does the goddess Juno have to do with money? And is a "buck" related to a male deer? This intriguing documentary investigates the evolution of money and its impact on world history. Composed of a seamless flow of artwork, artifacts, archival footage, and film shot on location, the program spans 5,000 years, beginning with the agrarian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In 13th- and 14th-century Tuscany, money became the new tool of power as industry, trade, and finance flourished. This program follows the remarkable rise of the great banking families whose groundbreaking innovations in finance led to the economics of international big business practiced today. Merchant bankers also supported the aims of the Catholic Church by using their extraordinary wealth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Its investment in global development programs tops
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Since his book Awakenings first stormed the bestseller lists (and subsequently the silver screen), Oliver Sacks has become an unlikely household name - a pioneer in the field of neurological anthropology as well as an engaging storyteller. In this TEDTalk, he brings our attention to Charles Bonnet syndrome - a hallucinatory disorder that sometimes afflicts the visually impaired. Sacks describes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: More than 100 million people live below poverty level in Bangladesh-many of them women. Thanks to the Grameen Bank and the small-business loans it makes to women only, many of them and their families are beginning to prosper. This program describes the philosophy, development, and function of the bank, then follows the daily activities of three women who have taken out loans to fund their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Nic Marks gathers evidence about what makes us happy, and uses it to promote social policies that put people and the planet first. He's the founder of the Centre for Well-Being at the U.K. think tank New Economics Foundation (NEF). In this TEDTalk, Marks asks why we measure a nation's success by its productivity instead of by the health and happiness of its people. He also introduces the Happy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Central to the aims and ideals of the European Union is a single currency standard based on the euro. This wide-ranging program, divided into 12 segments, presents the history of the EMU, the unification timetable up to 2002, the convergence criteria, and the coins and banknotes themselves; provides background on the euro member states and the European Central Bank; examines the impact of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Money circulates through a multiplicity of financial markets at a dizzying speed and on a global scale. To make sense of the complicated world of high finance, this lively program profiles some of the people who keep the money moving. Nobel Laureate James Tobin, best-selling author John Murphy, fund managers, scholars, and day traders are captured at MIT Sloan, Yale University, Firebird...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Micro credit—small loans administered with no collateral requirement—might represent the most powerful weapon in the fight against global poverty. But is micro credit a sustainable solution? This program follows up on the 1995 documentary The Women’s Bank of Bangladesh which examined Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank, a pioneering micro credit provider focused mainly on struggling women. Small Change,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: All matter in the observable universe-from a single blade of grass to a planet in a faraway galaxy-is made up of atoms, molecules, and compounds. This program introduces these minuscule building blocks in five sections: The Nucleus (protons and neutrons, energy shells, binding energy, fission and fusion); The Electrons (quantum numbers, spdf orbitals); The Elements (periodic table, valence...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: A good way to introduce quantum theory is to profile the individuals who pioneered it. This program focuses on Niels Bohr's contributions to our understanding of the atom and the behavior of subatomic particles according to quantum mechanics. Outlining theoretical precursors of quantum physics-including the ideas of John Dalton and J. J. Thomson-and a brief biography of Bohr, the video shows...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: In this program, bonding is explained in terms of dipole-dipole bonding for polar molecules, and dispersion forces for both polar and nonpolar molecules. Changes of state for water are examined, and the decreased density of ice when compared with liquid water is explained in terms of intermolecular bonding. Polarity is explained within the context of electronegativity. Formation of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Can a barbershop quartet introduce the subject of stoichiometry? They do in this program, which in section one presents the Law of Conservation of Mass and how to balance equations. Section two explains the difference between the mass number and atomic mass, what an isotope is, and how to work with atomic mass units to find the average atomic mass.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This program considers the bonds formed when atoms share electrons (covalent bonding) The idea of filling electron shells to reach a more stable state is used to explain the formation of simple molecules such as water and methane. Shapes of molecules are explained by considering the repulsion between molecular orbitals. Further shapes are illustrated using CH4, NH3, and NH4. Double bonds (O2)...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Why is the acronym VSEPR pronounced "vesper"? The answer to that question is the only thing not revealed in part one of this program, which takes a look at the VSEPR theory, non-bonding electron pairs, polarity, and dipoles. In part two, a "cow-chicken" and other experts elucidate the theories of hybrid orbital and molecular orbital overlap and illustrate how to determine bond order.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: An elephant and a racing car don't have much in common-except for the remarkable fact that they're made of similar fundamental building blocks. This program takes a simulated subatomic look at a glass of water to better understand the nature of matter, a minuscule world of molecules, atoms, and elementary particles. The behavior of matter under the effects of gravity, electromagnetism, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: An atom with eight electrons in its valence shell is a happy atom. Section one of this program makes sense of Lewis structures and resonance structures while addressing the Octet Rule and its exceptions. In section two, "Professor Einsteinium" and elements of Atomic Mass University-AMU-study electronegativity and ionic and covalent bonding, while section three focuses on bond energy and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: What do fireworks, a fried egg, and a rusting truck have in common? They all involve chemical reactions. This program illustrates the mechanics of chemical reactions in five sections: Chemical Reactions (reactants and products, state changes, diatomic elements and molecules, Law of Conservation of Mass); Chemical Bonding (Octet Rule, ionic and covalent bonds); Types of Chemical Reactions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This program uses the idea of filling electron shells to explain the formation of cations and anions. Electrostatic forces are then used to explain lattice formation, and the relationship between properties and structure is examined. Ionic bonding is introduced by comparing the malleability of silver with the brittleness of rock salt. Demonstrations include the formation of sodium and chloride...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: When is a mole not a mole? Section one of this program demystifies concepts such as Avogadro's Constant, molecular mass, and molar mass. In section two, the Percent Composition Formula is spotlighted, while section three addresses the Empirical Formula and its use in determining formula weight. The calculation of mass in the conversion of magnesium to magnesium oxide in a segment called...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This program begins with an examination of atomic structure-presented in terms of protons, neutrons, and electrons-and the idea that bonding is related to the filling of electron shells to create more stable particles. Examples of metals and their usefulness are presented, and the relationship between properties and structure is examined. Other processes demonstrated include the formation of...
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Summary: An explanation of how a mass spectrometer works is followed by a demonstration of a mass spectrometer in action. The analysis of simple mass spectra is discussed-simple splitting of hydrocarbons, the effect on splitting of heteroatoms in alcohols and ethers, and the McLafferty rearrangement. Discussion of the spectra of isotopic mixtures, such as chlorine and bromine, and the use of accurate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Two very important products derived from air are ammonia and nitric acid. Ammonia is produced when hydrogen gas is extracted from natural gas and steam, mixed with nitrogen from the air, and heated. The resulting ammonia gas is condensed into liquid form, to be made into other chemicals. Ammonia is also used to make nitric acid, basic in the production of fertilizers, detergents, and many other...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007