Modern Marvels: Science DVD

• Additional Details
• Format: DVD
• Rating: Not Rated
• Number of Discs: 14
• Run Time: 41 Hours
• Region: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Language: English
• Studio: A&E Video
• DVD Release Date: July 8, 2010

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Celebrate the fascinating and expansive world of science as Modern Marvels looks at the physical, chemical and biological world around us. Four separate sets – Earth/Natural Science, Physics, Biology/Chemistry and Environmental Science – contain a remarkable 53 programs and over 40 hours of engrossing and informative documentaries. This extensive 14-disc set entertains as it informs and educates with stunning photography, exceptional technical recreations, provocative facts and expert commentary.

Programs include:
Earth/Natural Science: Corn, Dirt, Fertilizer, Fire & Ice, Iron, Lead, Metal, Salt Mines, Mold & Fungus, Hurricanes, Secrets of Oil, Water, Rubber

Physics: Airships, Breaking Point, Captured Light, Batteries, Breaking the Sound Barrier, Radar, Apollo 11, Satellites, Bullet Trains, The Manhattan Project, Hydraulics, Nuclear Tech, Gasoline, Mad Electricity, Power Plants, Crashes

Biology/Chemistry: Antibiotics, Battlefield Medicine, Corpse Tech, Prosthetics, Polio Vaccine, Forensic Science, Hot & Spicy, Poison, Brewing, Canning, Carbon, Corrosions & Decomposition, Acid, Distilleries I & II, Dynamite

Environmental Science: Environmental Tech I & II, Renewable Energy, Commercial Fishing, City Water, Doomsday Tech, Nature’s Engineers, Dams

Running Time Approx. 41 hrs.

Produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. Producer(s) for History Maryellen Cox, Charlie Maday, Beth Dietrich Segarra, and Michael Stiller