Alcohol and Depression
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about the use of alcohol by people who suffer from depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Alcohol and the Family: Breaking the Chain
Alcohol is pervasive in our society; its use is accepted and encouraged. Alcoholism, on the other hand, is a disease which must be recognized and treated. This program analyzes the signs of alcoholism and shows how a fam..
Alcoholism and Genetics
Dean Hamer, Director of the Gene Structure and Regulation Unit at the National Cancer Institute, observes that alcoholism, "...clearly has some genetic basis because, identical twins, even if they're raised apart, are ve..
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
One of the most important Russian writers of the twentieth century, Solzhenitsyn gained worldwide renown for his novels on Soviet labour camps. In 1970 he was offered the Nobel Prize for Literature. His major novels incl..
Alexander Hamilton: Target of Republican Mistrust
Historian Peter Onuf says that Republicans both feared and respected Alexander Hamilton, believing that he wanted to make the United States over in the image of Britain. "Many of Hamilton's troubles," Professor Onuf expl..
Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift
Geophysicist and geologist Tanya Atwater discusses the role of Alfred Wegener in bringing together a variety of evidence in support of the theory of continental drift.
Alkali metals
Much less dense than most other metals, alkali metals are also extremely chemically reactive. Segments in this program include Exploring Alkali Metals (properties of the alkali metals); Lithium: Aircraft Alloys (why lith..
Alkaline earth metals
Almost as unstable as alkali metals, soft and silvery alkaline earth metals react easily with water. Segments in this program include Exploring Alkaline Earth Metals (properties of the alkaline earth metals); Calcium: Bu..
All Together: Frederick Taylor and Scientific Management
Frederick Winslow Taylor's approach to management, known as scientific management, involved breaking a job down into its component parts and structuring the work flow so that each part could be done as efficiently as pos..
All Together: Growth of Organizations, The
Modern societies are comprised of millions of organizations. The number has dramatically increased over the past hundred years as society has become more industrialized and more productive.