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1) Prometheus
Series
Alien volume Prequel 1
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Explorers have discovered a clue that brings them to the origins of mankind on Earth. This leads them on a journey that takes them to the darkest corners of the universe.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Venture through our solar system in an epic exploration of the universe and its mysteries. Go on an exhilarating voyage through the cosmos. Witness the sun's birth at the dawn of our solar system, and its death, billions of years in the future; explore the possibility of a human settlement on Mars; and learn about the devastating threats posed by the meteorites, comets, and asteroids that routinely collide with Earth. From the farthest planets and...
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Course covers the making of our planet from the Big Bang, to the formation of the solar system, to the subsequent evolution of Earth. Travel to the center of our planet and out again, charting the geologic forces that churn beneath our feet to push the continents and seafloor.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
"[This series] will explore the deepest mysteries of existence -- the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. This series brings together the brightest minds and best ideas from the very edges of science -- Astrophysics, Astrobiology, Quantum mechanics, String theory and more -- to reveal the extraordinary truth of our Universe."--container.
Pub. Date
2023
Description
At the Earth's extremes, animals are adapting to keep pace with a planet that is changing at superspeed. In the wake of environmental changes that are pushing entire ecosystems to the edge of survival, this new five-part series showcases surprising stories of hope and resilience from around the world.
8) Origins
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Feature length documentary about humanity's relationship with planet Earth and our combined health.
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Who would have predicted that a hot spot left over from the Big Bang would eventually lead to our galaxy, the solar system, the Earth, - and to us? Origins explores how the universe and our planet began amid chaos and eventually gave birth to the first stirrings of life. Join cutting-dege scientists on a voyage deep into the Earth to find analogs to the earliest life on our planet, and travel a million miles from Earth with a space probe designed...
10) Sakra
Pub. Date
2023
Description
Based on th classic wuxia novel "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" by Louis Cha, the repected leader of a roving band of martial artists. After he is wrongly accused of murder and exiled, Qioa Feng goes on the run in search of answers about his own mysterious origin story-and the unknown enemies working to destroy him from the shadows.
11) Eyewitness life
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Examines the development of life, showing how evolution has given animals the unique tools they need to survive.
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Jason Silva traces the innovations that made the world modern. ORIGINS celebrates the story of how man became modern, in a time-travel adventure delving deep into history to find the pivotal 'origin' moments that fueled our evolutionary ascension. World-class future thinker Jason Silva guides us through the exploration of these key developments, such as fire, medicine, war, money and communication, that fundamentally and irrevocably shaped our modern...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Islam has more than 1.2 billion adherents worldwide. Today, it is imperative that the West understand Islam's role as both a religion and a way of life, what Muslims believe, their practices and history. This set of twelve thirty-minute lectures present an exploration of Islamic law, mysticism, civilization, and Muslim life and society through the ages. Examines the "struggle for the soul of Islam" occurring today between conservatives and reformers,...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Brains versus brawn. Go back 30,000 years to the Ice Age in Europe when the Cro Magnon may have clashed with a completely different species of humans, the Neanderthals. The Neanderthals were stocky, powerful and able to tolerate intense pain, while their foes, the Cro-Magnons were a weaker, more fragile species, but with a superior brain capable of complex thought.
15) Prometheus
Pub. Date
2012
Description
"A team of scientists and explorers journey to the darkest corners of the universe searching for the origins of mankind. But what they find could threaten all life on Earth, leading to terrifying battle to save the future of the human race!"--Container
Pub. Date
[2009], c2000
Description
Shaking Western culture to its very core after its publication 150 years ago, On the origin of species forced humans to rethink their place in the universe. In this lively three-part series, Darwin's passionate disciple, popular author and biologist Richard Dawkins examines evolution and its legacy, confronts Darwin's doubters head-on, and explains natural selection in clear, straightforward terms.
Pub. Date
[2016].
Description
Physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking poses enduring scientific questions to teams of non-scientists to test their problem solving skills and summon their inner-genius, covering topics such as time travel, the existence of life on other planets, how the universe came to be, and the origins of life.
19) Prehistoric life
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Description
A mixture of animation and live footage serves as a background for a narrated introduction to the history of the creation of the earth, the origin of life, and the evolution of the many species including early man.
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
This episode interweaves the drama in key moments of Darwin's life with documentary sequences of current research, linking past to present and introducing major concepts of evolutionary theory. It explores why Darwin's "dangerous idea" might matter even more today than it did in his own time, and reveals how science might be used to explain the past and predict the future of life on earth.
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