Milestones of Science (1452 - Present) - 10-DVD Box Set ( Mile stones of Science - Fourteen Fifty Two to Present )

Milestones of Science (1452 - Present) - 10-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Mile stones of Science - Fourteen Fifty Two to Present
Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
900 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Werner Kiefer
Christin Sichau

Written By:
Marjet Korf
Hannes Schuler

Actors:
Manfred Baur
Christian Heinzinger
Lorenz Kloska
Jörg Richter

Synopsis:

Many scientific breakthroughs have dramatically changed and improved the lives of people in recent centuries. "Milestones of Science" will take stock of the long journey through time of many achievements. The total of 10 DVDs showing 60 important milestones in the field of biology, chemistry, communication, geography, medicine, physics, writing, astronomy, engineering and mathematics. The invention and its discoverer in each issue are mapped clearly and understandably. This series offers a comprehensive and professional cross-section of those historical inventions that have permanently affected humankind. "Milestones of Science" is a solid reference that gives a good picture of our pioneers in science and their important inventions.
DVD 1: 1452 - 1775
DVD 2: 1775 - 1827
DVD 3: 1831 - 1845
DVD 4: 1865 - 1876
DVD 5: 1876 - 1883
DVD 6: 1888 - 1895
DVD 7: 1896 - 1903
DVD 8: 1916 - 1929
DVD 9: 1932 - 1941
DVD 10: 1947 - Present

DVD 1: 1452 - 1775:
1) The Printing Press, Johannes Gutenberg
2) Anatomy, Leonardo da Vinci
3) The Cell, building block of life, Robert Hooke
4) The Gravity, Isaac Newton
5) The Pressure, Otto von Guericke
6) The Wteam engine, James Watt

DVD 2: 1775 - 1827:
1) The Gulf Stream, Benjamin Franklin
2) The Balloon, The Montgolfier brothers
3) Vaccination, Edward Jenner, Paul Ehrlich and Emil von Behring
4) The Atom, John Dalton and Niels Bohr
5) The Magnetism of the Earth, Carl-Friedrich Gauss
6) Braille, Louis Braille

DVD 3: 1831 - 1845:
1) Magnets, Michael Faraday
2) The Guardian Samuel Morse
3) The Picture Machine, Louis Daguerre
4) Rubber, Charles Goodyear
5) Energy, James Joule and William Thomson
6) Anesthesia, Horace Wells, William Morton & James Simpson

DVD 4: 1865 - 1876:
1) Classical Genetics, Gregor Mendel
2) The Dynamo, Werner von Siemens
3) Dynamite, Alfred Nobel
4) Engine, Nikolaus August Otto
5) The Periodic Table of the Elements, Dmitri Mendeleev and Lothar Meyer
6) The Telephone, Philipp Rise & Alexander Bell

DVD 5: 1876 - 1883:
1) The Bacteria, Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch
2) The Phonograph, Thomas Edison
3) The Bulb, Thomas Edison
4) Quantum Physics, Max Planck
5) The Nerve, Santiago Ramon y Cajal
6) The Car, Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz

DVD 6: 1888 - 1895:
1) Electromagnetic Waves, Heinrich Hertz
2) The Cinematographer, the Lumiere brothers
3) The Wire Discharge Phone, Guglielmo Marconi
4) X-rays, Wilhelm Roentgen
5) The Electrocardiogram, Willem Einthoven
6) Catalysis, William Ostwald

DVD 7: 1896 - 1903:
1) The Seismograph, Emil Wiechert
2) Radioactivity, Henri Becquerel, Marie and Pierre Curie
3) The Immune System, Paul Ehrlich & Elias Metschnikoff
4) The Blood Groups, Karl Landsteiner
5) The Protein, Emil Fischer
6) The Airplane, the Wright Brothers

DVD 8: 1916 - 1929:
1) E = mc ² ( relativity theory), Albert Einstein
2) Insulin, Frederick Banting, Charles Best and John Macleod
3) The Radar, Robert Watson-Watt
4) The Penicillin, Alexander Fleming, Howard Florey and Ernst Chain
5) The Television, Paul Nipkow, John Baird and Vladimir Zworykin
6) Hormones and the Pill, Adolf Butenandt

DVD 9: 1932 - 1941:
1) The helicopter, Igor Sikorsky
2) Chemical compounds from atom to molecule, Linus Pauling
3) The electron Ernst Ruska
3) Missile, Wernher von Braun
4) The fission, Otto Hahn
5) The computer, Konrad Zuse

DVD 10: 1947 - Present:
1) The Transistor, William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain
2) The DNA, Francis Crick and James Wason
3) The Satellite, Sergei Korolyev
4) The Laser, Charles Townes & Theodore Maiman
5) Cancer, Karl Heinrich Bauer
6) The Internet, Timothy Berners-Lee

Many scientific breakthroughs have transformed and improved our lives. In "Milestones of Science" will take stock of from 1452 to date. 10 DVDs show 60 key milestones of invention and discovery in the clear and understandable format.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 25 October, 2011.