Inventions That Shook the World : 50 Inventions Worth Billions That Changed our Lives Forever!
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[Disc 1] 1900s: Radio, Air Conditioner, Disposable Razor, Vacuum Cleaner, Airplane -- [Disc 2] 1910s-1920s: Parachute, Sonar, Gas Mask, Toaster, Tommy Gun, Sound Film, Lie Detector, Einstein's Refrigerator, Television, Rocket -- [Disc 3] 1930s-1940s: Walkie Talkie, Electric Guitar, Parking Meter, Xerography, Helicopter, Jet Engine, Computer, Microwave Oven, Kitty Litter, Crash Test Dummy -- [Disc 4] 1950s-1960s: Transistor Radio, Breathalyzer, Flight Data Recorder, Hovercraft, Sputnik, Weather Satellite, Industrial Robot, Video Game Console, Taser, Lunar Lander -- [Disc 5] 1970s-1980s: Cell Phone, Post-It Note, Bomb Disposal Robot, Digital Camera, Hybrid Car, DNA Profiling, Nicotine Patch, Internet, Endoscopy Capsule, Mir Space Station -- [Disc 6] 1990s: Hubble Space Telescope, Wind Up Radio, Neurotrophic Electrode, Camera Phone, Mars Pathfinder.
From the airplane to the DNA fingerprint, science, history, and pop culture come under the spotlight in a thrilling chronicle of the twentieth century's greatest inventions. Go on a decade-by-decade voyage of discovery through life-changing inventions, like the radio that made the world smaller, the machine gun that made it more dangerous, and the parking meter that made it more expensive. Meet the brilliant, often quirky minds that brought the inventions to life.
DVD, region 1, NTSC.
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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
English audio.
PUBLISHED
Chicago, Ill. : Distributed by Questar, [2012]
Year Published: 2012
Description: 6 videodiscs (ca. 420 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781594648137
1594648131
SUBJECTS
Inventions -- History -- 20th century.
Inventors -- Biography -- 20th century.
Nonfiction television programs.
Historical television programs.
Documentary television programs.