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1) Head rush
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2 videodiscs (505 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Gear up your brain for a head rush! Mythbusters star Kari Byron knows all about wild and wacky science stunts. she also knows that geeky science terms like velocity become way more interesting when measured while jumping out of an airplane! and that's just what she's done. So strap on your goggles and fire-resistant gear and brace yourself for mind-blowing experiments and stupefying stunts that explore the incredible world of science.
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Einstein called it 'spooky action at a distance,' but today quantum entanglement is poised to revolutionize technology. Physicists have become gradually convinced that quantum entanglement is real, but a few doubts remain. NOVA follows a groundbreaking experiment in the Canary Islands to use quasars at opposite ends of the universe to once and for all settle remaining questions.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Retrace Einstein's thought experiments as NOVA reveals the simple but powerful ideas that reshaped our understanding of gravity, illuminating the theory of general relativity, and Einstein₂s brilliance, as never before.
Series
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1 videodisc (approximately 87 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
"After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life -- with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor's fellow students, teachers and the entire town learn that getting a new "leash on life" can be monstrous"--Container.
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Otters are playful, adaptable and champion swimmers - they have captivated cameraman Charlie Hamilton James for the last 25 years. He has filmed them more than anyone else. Now, through the eyes of three orphaned river otters, a set of groundbreaking experiments and some incredible wild encounters, Charlie wants to reveal their survival secrets and exactly why he believes they are so special.
10) Particle fever
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1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follow six scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, marking the start-up of the biggest and most expensive experiment in the history of the planet. As they seek to unravel the mysteries of the universe, 10,000 scientists join forces in pursuit of a single goal: to recreate conditions that existed just moments after the Big Bang and find the Higgs boson, potentially explaining the origin of all matter.
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1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
In 1971, Stanford University professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo cast twenty-four male student volunteers as prisoners and guards in a simulated jail to examine the source of abusive behavior in the prison system. The results astonished the world, as participants went from middle-class undergrads to drunk-with-power sadists and submissive victims in just a few days. Based on a true story.
12) Order
Series
Experiment volume 2
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The second segment in a 4 part series updating the controversial 1971 Stanford prison experiment, Dr. Philip Zimbardo's inquiry into the power of social situations to distort identity and erode moral behavior. This second segment presents a profile of the psychology of leadership, as a new prisoner joins the group in lockup, a master set of the guards' keys is stolen, and the two most forceful prisoners go head to head in a struggle for authority....
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1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sid is trying out his new dance on his hardwood floors when he discovers that friction prevents him from sliding. When he plays ball, he quickly learns that if a ball doesn't have enough elasticity, it won't bounce. This calls for some investigating; after pretending to be 'Super Sid' by kicking the ball with all his might, Sid and his friends take a trip to the Science Center to investigate how using lots of force makes things move far and fast....
15) Ex machina
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1 videodisc (approximately 108 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Caleb, a coder at the world's largest Internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a retreat belonging to the company's reclusive CEO, Nathan. But when Caleb arrives he finds that he will have to participate in a fascinating experiment with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot woman, Ava. Truths, emotions, and motives are blurred as the relationship between Caleb, Ava, and Nathan intensifies....
16) Rebellion
Series
Experiment volume 3
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The third segment in a 4 part series updating the controversial 1971 Stanford prison experiment, Dr. Philip Zimbardo's inquiry into the power of social situations to distort identity and erode moral behavior. In segment three, as time creeps by, the exercise of reward and punishment and the friction of social inequality within the microsociety of prison take their toll, fraying nerves among the prisoners and generating anxiety among the guards. In...
17) Tyranny
Series
Experiment volume 4
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1 videodisc (61 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The fourth segment in a 4 part series updating the controversial 1971 Stanford prison experiment, Dr. Philip Zimbardo's inquiry into the power of social situations to distort identity and erode moral behavior. In this final episode, the primal exercise of negotiation and opportunism is explicated as 12 prisoners and guards band together to form a new and balanced society. Mere hours later, faced with an inability to enforce the commune rules, four...
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1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
When Joel discovers that his ex-girlfriend, Clementine, has had their tumultuous relationship erased from her mind through an experimental scientific procedure, he decides to ease his own pain by getting the same treatment. But, as each memory of Clementine is systematically eliminated, Joel suddenly realizes how much he still loves her and desperately attempts to reverse the process.
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2 videodiscs (approximately 168 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Joel discovers that his girlfriend, Clementine, has had their tumultuous relationship erased from her mind through an experimental scientific procedure, he decides to ease his own pain by getting the same treatment. But, as each memory of Clementine is systematically eliminated, Joel suddenly realizes how much he still loves her and desperately attempts to reverse the process.
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