Summary: Not all stellar nurseries occur near hypernovas, yet it appears that hypernovas only occur in stellar nurseries. What is the connection between them? This program illustrates how a scientific quest to understand massive intergalactic gamma ray bursts revealed to Stanford Woosley, of the University of California, Santa Cruz; the University of Cambridge's Sir Martin Rees; Princeton University's...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In this program, George Lauder, of Harvard University, and Terri Williams, of the University of California, Santa Cruz, investigate the anatomical and physiological challenges faced by bluegill sunfish, bottlenose dolphins, sharks, salmon, and sperm whales to reduce drag and control buoyancy. Information on the optimal body shapes for reef-dwellers and open-ocean swimmers, the locomotive...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: They gave their names to some of the most memorable plays in Western history, and, thousands of years later, they are still very much a presence in contemporary culture. Who were the women of classical Greek drama? In this program, the presentation of powerful women in Medea, Antigone, and Lysistrata is contrasted with the circumscribed role of women in Athenian society by Princeton...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005