Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 180 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical stereo rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Television programs lcgft |
Series |
Mystery of matter
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System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation; stereo. |
Language |
English dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
Performer |
Host, Michael Emerson. |
Credits |
Editor, Raoul Rosenberg ; director of photography, Gary Henoch. |
Audience |
Rating: TVPG. |
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Grade level: High school (9-12). |
Note |
Three-episodes of one-hour each. |
Event |
Premiered in Oregon on October 20, 2014; premiered nationwide on August 19, 2015. |
Summary |
An exciting PBS series about one of the great adventures in the history of science: the long (and continuing) quest to understand what the world is made of--to identify, understand and organize the basic building blocks of matter. |
Contents |
Episode 1. Out of thin air (1754-1806) -- Episode 2. Unruly elements (1859-1902) -- Episode 3. Into the atom (1910-1960). |
Note |
Special features: A momentous encounter (Joseph Priestly) ; Lavoisier's better half (Antoine Lavoisier) ; Davy's greatest failure (Humphry Davy) ; The element Mendeleev never accepted (Dmitri Mendeleev) ; The radium craze (Marie Curie) ; Changing the role of scientists in war (Harry Moseley) ; A chemist goes to war (Glenn Seaborg) |
Subject |
Chemical elements.
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Chemical elements. (OCoLC)fst00852883
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Periodic law -- History.
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Periodic table of the elements -- History.
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Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.
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Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794.
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Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829.
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Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907.
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Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
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Moseley, H. (Harry)
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Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999.
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Genre/Form |
Television mini-series.
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Science television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Documentary television programs. (OCoLC)fst01710387
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Nonfiction television programs. (OCoLC)fst01710270
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Television series. (OCoLC)fst01710566
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Added Author |
Meyer, Muffie, television director.
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Lyons, Stephen, 1955- screenwriter, television producer, television director.
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Rosenberg, Raoul, editor of moving image work.
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Henoch, Gary, cinematographer.
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Emerson, Michael, 1954- host.
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Oregon Public Broadcasting, production company.
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Moreno/Lyons Productions LLC, production company.
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ISBN |
9781627894340 |
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1627894349 |
Standard No. |
841887025713 |
Music No. |
MYMS601 PBS |
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