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Put on your hat, grab your goodie bag and get ready to blast off. You're invited to a party where the guest of honor is YOU. Climb aboard Rocket with June, Leo, Quincy and Annie for a rootin'-tootin' time in the Wild West. Meet playful penguins in Antarctica as you search for runaway balloons, and travel all the way to Italy on an expedition to bring home a magical machine that makes today everyone's birthday.
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The show offers an extraordinary look into the life of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein. Beyond his groundbreaking theories of relativity, witness Einstein's struggles to be a good husband and father, and a man of principle during a time of global unrest. A ten-episode journey of discovery guided by Einstein's wit, wisdom and insatiable thirst for knowledge.
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"When an inventive mouse misses the biggest cheese festival the world has ever seen, he's determined to turn back the clock. But what is time, and can it be influenced? With the help of a mouse clockmaker, a lot of inventiveness, and the notes of a certain famous Swiss physicist he succeeds in traveling back in time. But when he misses his goal by eighty years, the only one who can help is an employee of the Swiss Patent Office, who turned our concept...
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"A fascinating and thought-provoking investigation into the nature of black holes-a blend of the spiritual, the philosophical, and the scientific-from the premier German astrophysicist who made history in 2019, capturing the first one on film"-- Provided by publisher.
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"More than just a biography of Einstein's life, this course provides you with an inside look at how this brilliant thinker arrived at his various revolutionary breakthroughs. One of the secrets of Einstein's success was that he was well read in philosophy, and that guided his approach not only to framing and solving problems in physics but also to interpreting his discoveries in a more universal context. In addition, his philosophical background gave...
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A father offered his son, a five-year-old Albert Einstein, a compass that triggered an irrepressible need to understand the laws of the universe and an iconic scientific career. At first a simple employee of the Swiss Patent Office in Bern, the young Einstein published a series of scientific articles that questioned everything previously understood in the world of physics. His theory, summed up by the formula E = mc2, opened to humanity the doors...
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"Discover the world's most fascinating animals when you journey with the Little Einsteins from the Great Lakes to the Great Barrier Reef and beyond! Travel to India for the spectacular Elephant Festival. Meet Joey the Kangaroo in Australia, and dive into an ocean of wonders with Rocket as he transforms into a submarine and swims with a humpback whale. Whether by land, by sea or by air, you're in for the ultimate animal adventure!"--Container.
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"In the half a square mile of decay and demolition that was England's Saxon capital, eternity is loitering between the firetrap housing projects. Embedded in the grubby amber of the district's narrative among its saints, kings, prostitutes, and derelicts a different kind of human time is happening, a soiled simultaneity that does not differentiate between the petrolcolored puddles and the fractured dreams of those who navigate them. Fiends last mentioned...
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Modern day kids Annie and Nico go on a magical history tour back to meet one of the greatest minds of the 20th century, Albert Einstein. An important and influential physicist, Einstein revolutionized the way we view the universe. At the height of his scientific career, he was also a committed global citizen, defending human rights while fighting his own personal battles during World War II. Experience the ins and outs of this glorious mind with Annie...
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Traces how the human image of the world has changed throughout history, demonstrating the evolution of the idea of reality while touching on subjects ranging from the Higgs boson to quantum gravity.
"A closer look at the mind-bending nature of the universe. What are the elementary ingredients of the world? Do time and space exist? And what exactly is reality? Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli has spent his life exploring these questions. He tells...
19) The Nobel Prize
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Including features on Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, and Martin Luther King Jr., this documentary discusses the Nobel Prize and what it takes to win one.
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Taught by noted physicist Dr. Don Lincoln of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, this course follows the search for a theory that explains all physical reality-a theory of everything. Dr. Lincoln covers recent developments in particle physics and cosmology, plus the background needed to appreciate the centuries-long search for this holy grail of science. Only high-school-level math is used.
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