| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Narrated by Lance Lewman. |
| Summary |
In 2002, the discovery of a beautiful and bizarre fossil astonished scientists and reignited the debate over the origin of flight. With four wings and superbly preserved feathers, the 130 million-year-old creature was like nothing paleontologists had ever seen before. In this program, Nova travels to the Chinese stone quarry where the fossil was discovered - a famed fossil treasure-trove - and teams up with the world's leading figures in paleontology, biomechanics, aerodynamics, animation, and scientific reconstruction to perform an unorthodox experiment: a wind tunnel flight test of a scientific replica of the ancient oddity. Dubbed Microraptor, the crow-sized fossil is one of the smallest dinosaurs ever found and one of the most controversial, challenging conventional theories and assumptions about the evolution of flight. |
| Event |
Originally broadcast as segments of the television program Nova on February 26, 2008. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Note |
Special features: Printable materials for educators; access to the Nova Website. |
| Contents |
1. Feathered dinosaurs -- 2. A puzzle -- 3. Microraptor -- 4. Modelling -- 5. Wind tunnel -- 6. An unexpected find. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned; Described video. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Microraptor.
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Paleontology -- Cretaceous.
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Paleontology -- China -- Liaoning Sheng.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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| Subject |
Dinosaurs.
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Birds of prey.
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Dinosaurs -- Flight.
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Wings (Anatomy)
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| Genre/Form |
Television programs.
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Educational television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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| Added Author |
Davis, Mark.
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Lewman, Lance.
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MDTV Productions.
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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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ARTE France.
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Caldecott Productions International.
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WGBH Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Nova (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9781593758226 |
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1593758227 |
| Standard No. |
783421424791 |
| Music No. |
WG42479 WGBH Boston Video |
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