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[ The story of science ]

London : BBC , 2011

3 DVD (5 t,55 min) : lyd, kol

1. Cosmos - What is out there?. - 2. Matter - What are we made of?. - 3. Life - Where did we come from?. - 4. Power - Can we control nature?. - 5. Medicine - Can we live forever?. - 6. Mind - What is human nature?. - 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. In this fascinating series, award-winning journalist Michael Mosley explains how our knowledge of science has grown over time. Episodes Comprise:1. Cosmos - What is out there?; 2. Matter - What are we made of?; 3. Life - Where did we come from?; 4. Power - Can we control nature?; 5. Medicine - Can we live forever?; 6. Mind - What is human nature?. - Bonusmateriale: The Cell. In this three-part series, Dr Adam Rutherford tells the extraordinary story of the scientific quest to discover the secrets of the cell, the basis of all life on earth. - 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. In this fascinating series, award-winning journalist Michael Mosley explains how our knowledge of science has grown over time. We learn about some of the great figures in the history of science - Galileo, Newton and Darwin - but also of the astronomer who lost his nose in a duel but helped create a new vision of the cosmos and the alchemist who tried to make gold from human urine, and set us on the course to modern chemistry. 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

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