Best Science & Technology Films of 2000
Homo Sapiens 1900
Homo Sapiens 1900 documents ... Director Peter Cohen also directed The Architecture of Doom, a documentary about architecture in Germany during the Nazi era. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
NOVA: Secrets of Lost Empires II - Medieval Siege
Discover the intrigue and ... of the chaos of medieval battles. An exhilarating and educational program, this Nova program is not to be missed. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
NOVA: Mystery of the Senses - Smell
This video explores the ... Next, we follow our noses to sample a rainbow of scent, from frankincense and truffles to sweaty locker rooms. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
NOVA: Mystery of the Senses - Touch
Join famed sensory epicure ... has been a crucial element for the healthy development of newborn babies confined to incubators due to medical necessity. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
NOVA: Mystery of the Senses - Vision
Join famed sensory epicure ... sight using examples of early Native American petroglyphs and the more modern work of Roy Lichtenstein and M.C. Escher. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
NOVA: Mystery of the Senses - Hearing
Through this video we ... Center where we make the acquaintance of Michelle Smithdas who is obtaining a cochlear implant to restore her hearing. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
NOVA: Mystery of the Senses - Taste
Join famed sensory epicure ... bitter -- and how we have developed and maintained them as an inherited trait for hundreds thousands of years. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
On Any Sunday Revisited
In 1971, Bruce Brown ... fans of the first track epic, On Any Sunday Revisited is a great way to relive the fast-paced drama. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
World's Most Powerful Explosions
This program is part ... building to the detonation of the hydrogen bomb, these explosions capture the viewer's attention with their intensity and power. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
Terror in the Skies: Military Air Disasters
This program illuminates what ... world of military aviation. Some of the footage is quite intense and may not be appropriate for younger viewers. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
StarGaze: Hubble's View of the Universe
The Hubble Space Telescope ... of space. Some of the miraculous footage captured by the Hubble has been edited together for the documentary Stargaze. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
Terror in the Skies II: High Risk Operations
This program gives viewers ... get a sense of what it's like to court death every day in the course of an extraordinary career. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
Leonardo: A Dream of Flight
This film, part of ... machines were centuries ahead of their time. The film has been endorsed by Kid's First for its educational excellence. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
Einstein: Light to the Power of 2
From the award-winning children's ... the Shoulders of Giants, Marie Curie: More Than Meets the Eye, and Isaac Newton: A Tale of Two Isaacs. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants
This video is part ... story is told of Galileo's trial and imprisonment for maintaining that the sun was the center of the universe. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
Newton: A Tale of Two Isaacs
The story of Isaac ... production reenacts famous incidents, including the apple experiment and Newton's presentation of his gravitational theory before London's Royal Society. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
Edison: The Wizard of Light
From the award-winning children's ... the Shoulders of Giants, Marie Curie: More Than Meets the Eye, and Isaac Newton: A Tale of Two Isaacs. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
Marie Curie: More Than Meets the Eye
This video tells the ... they are all friends, when the girls' father is saved by Curie's new X-ray machine and her correct diagnosis. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
Building Big with David Macaulay: Bridges
David Macaulay, the renowned ... Scotland -- whose cantilevered design was inspired by a human tragedy. The video also includes a mini bridge-making activity. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
Building Big with David Macaulay: Dams
David Macaulay, the renowned ... Johnstown Flood of 1889 -- a disaster that produced 2200 casualties. The video also includes a mini dam-making activity. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
Building Big with David Macaulay: Domes
David Macaulay, the renowned ... the Houston Astrodome, and explores the geodesic dome design of Buckminster Fuller. The video includes a mini dome-building exercise. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
Building Big with David Macaulay: Skyscrapers
David Macaulay, the renowned ... eventual designer of what may be the most recognizable structure on earth. The video includes a mini skyscraper-building activity. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
Building Big with David Macaulay: Tunnels
David Macaulay, the renowned ... possible, and serves as guide through the tunnels beneath ancient Rome. The video also includes a mini tunnel-building activity. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
NOVA: Hitler's Lost Sub
In this two-hour special, ... Germany, a 78-year-old survivor of the U-869 disaster came forward; his incredible story is included in the final film. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
NOVA: Runaway Universe
This Nova program grapples ... as the theories of inflation and of "dark energy") about the behavior and fate of matter in the universe. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
Inside the Space Station
Through the use of ... human habitation in space. This glance into the possible future of the human race is hosted by Liam Neeson. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
NOVA: What's Up With the Weather?
One of the most ... environmental pollution. Nova asks some tough questions about the future of the earth itself, and the answers are frightening. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
What Happened on the Moon: Hoax, Lies and Videotape
NASA has many critics, ... answer these questions, and give explanations as to where the U.S. government may actually be using designated space funds. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special
Following the phenomenal success ... using the Big Al fossils, scientists explain why they attributed particular traits and characteristics to the animated Big Al. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
The Secret NASA Transmissions: The Smoking Gun
In the eyes of ... to the public in this release that just might make a believer out of even the most hardened skeptic. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
SolarMax
This program on the ... the sun are contrasted with the latest findings of cutting-edge solar physics research in this homage to the sun. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
Modern Marvels: Engineering Disasters
This program is part ... engineering failures, from the Titanic to the Hindenberg. Archival news clips, photographs, personal accounts, and interviews tell the story. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
Modern Marvels: Great Inventions
This program is part ... Tesla to Madame Curie, for a firsthand look at the creative process that produced the products of today's world. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
Ultimate G's
From Slingshot Entertainment comes ... down and released on VHS and DVD in 2001. The film was produced in association with Air Combat Canada. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
Incredible Creatures That Defy Evolution
Former traditional evolutionist Dr. ... existence of a creative force whose vast knowledge of the universe and it's function far exceeds that of mankind. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
Hybrid
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Submarine Warfare
Via illustrations, archival footage ... of submarine used in the two world wars and the more contemporary Leviathans and nuclear submarines, glimpsed in action. [ best science & technology films - 2000 ]
