PBS Science Specials
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Description
From climate change to space exploration, PBS Science Specials offers a wide-ranging slate of informative and thought-provoking programming about the natural world, environmental change and green technology. Visually stunning footage takes viewers on a behind-the-scenes journey exploring stories of scientific discovery and conservation. "In Global Warming: The Signs and the Science," meet people living with the grave consequences of a changing climate and explore possible approaches to safeguard our children's future. Investigate solutions to our uncertain energy future in "NOVA: Solar Energy Saved by the Sun." Or visit the nation’s leading aquariums in Window to the Sea. Other programs explore the development of the telescope and the Phoenix Mars Lander’s mission to the Red Planet.
| Name | Description | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoNOVA: Solar Energy: Saved by the Sun | NOVA presents the latest thinking from solar enthusiasts and skeptics as it investigates these cutting-edge research developments. | 53:30 | $1.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoGlobal Warming: The Signs and the Science | This documentary profiles people who are living with the grave consequences of a changing climate, and those who are trying to safeguard our children's future. | 55:40 | $1.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoJourney to Palomar | The film traces the story of the Chicago-born astronomer George Ellery Hale as he struggles to build the greatest telescopes of the 20th century. | 1:26:52 | $1.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoWindow to the Sea | WINDOW TO THE SEA features stories from four of America's leading aquariums. | 55:44 | $1.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoPhoenix Mars Mission: Ashes to Ice | This film chronicles the meticulous preparation through blastoff of the The Phoenix Mars Mission. | 56:03 | $1.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Video400 Years of the Telescope | A documentary following the history of the telescope from the days of Copernicus to recent findings from the Hubble Telescope. | 56:09 | $1.99 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoGreen Builders | Green Builders profiles green building pioneers who make their part of the built environment more energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly. | 55:35 | $1.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 7 Episodes |
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Customer Reviews
Fantastic Viewing
My personal favorites: Journey To Palomar, 400 Years of the Telescope and Pheonix Mars Mission: Ashes to Ice. Journey to Palomar explores the life and work of George Hale, a man of enormous vision who built the largest telescopes in the 20th Century. His groundbreaking telescopes heralded the new astronomy of cosmology, which changed the world and opened science to a wider world. The shows are fantastic documentaries exploring scientific achievements and the people who made them happen. No, there is not a lot of sensationalism or hyperbole. The narratives are solid and factual. The video is beautiful and engaging. You will watch these for entertainment and enlightenment.
400 Years of the Telescope
What an awesome show! I really enjoy the way the story was written and the cinematography is superb. I saw this on PBS in HD when it originally aired - it would be great if was available in HD on iTunes.
Amazing photography!!
I just recently downloaded the PBS special: 400 Years of the Telescope, and I must say, amazing photography! I recommend this purchase to everyone who enjoys learning the history of the telescope or admires pristine HD resolution.
