Understanding bacteria:
How do benign bacteria work? How are infectious bacteria fought? And how are scientists adapting both types of bacteria to good - or evil - uses? This program answers those questions through the observations and insights of Stanley Falkow, president...
All Quiet on the Western Front
Composed of scholarly commentary, film clips, readings, reenactments, and archival materials, this program thoroughly analyzes Erich Maria Remarque’s international best-seller All Quiet on the Western Front. Remarque biographers Julie Gilbert and ...
The noble gases
The noble gases, like the noble metals, are characterized by low reactivity. Segments in this program include Exploring the Noble Gases (properties of the noble gases); Helium: Rocket Fuel (helium's part in powering the space shuttle); Neon: Fabulou...