Video documentaries about science and technology
Absolute Zero episode 2 - The Race for Absolute Zero
Absolute Zero episode 2 - The Race for Absolute Zero: Documentary charting rival attempts to reach absolute zero, the ultimate limit of cold, by scientists in London and Leiden. A second race unfolded 100 years later, towards the end of the 20th century,…
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Absolute Zero episode 2 – The Race for Absolute Zero
Absolute Zero episode 1 - The Conquest of Cold
Absolute Zero episode 1 - The Conquest of Cold: Absolute Zero is the ultimate limit of cold – a Holy Grail as exciting for scientists as the North and South Poles were to the great polar explorers. The Conquest of Cold is an…
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Absolute Zero episode 1 – The Conquest of Cold
The Story of Science episode 6 - Who Are We
The Story of Science episode 6 - Who Are We? -We now know that the brain - the organ that more than any other makes us human - is one of the wonders of the universe, and yet until the 17th century it…
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The Story of Science episode 6 – Who Are We?
The Story of Science episode 5 - What Is the Secret of Life
The Story of Science episode 5 - What Is the Secret of Life? - The story of how the secret of life has been examined through the prism of the most complex organism known - the human body. It begins with…
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The Story of Science episode 5 – What Is the Secret of Life?
The Story of Science episode 4 - Can We Have Unlimited Power?
The Story of Science episode 4 - Can We Have Unlimited Power? - We are the most power-hungry generation that has ever lived. This film tells the story of how that power has been harnessed - from wind, steam and from inside the…
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The Story of Science episode 4 – Can We Have Unlimited Power?
The Story of Science episode 3 - How Did We Get Here?
The Story of Science episode 3 - How Did We Get Here?: The question of our human origins is one of the most controversial science has wrestled with. This is the story of how scientists came to explain the beauty and…
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The Story of Science episode 3 – How Did We Get Here?