Journey of the Universe. Conversations
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.
Release date: Jun. 4, 2013.
Includes Mary Evelyn Tucker biography.
Disc 1. Introduction -- Beginning of the universe -- Galaxies forming -- The Emanating brilliance of stars -- Birth of the solar system -- Disc 2. Life's emergence -- Learning, living, and dying -- The Passion of animals -- The Origin of the human -- Becoming a planetary presence. -- Disc 3. Transition -- Breakthrough communities -- Eco-cities -- Ecological economics -- Permaculture -- Indigenous ways of knowing. -- Disc 4. Sustainable energy -- Healing and revisioning -- Arts and justice -- Myths, metaphors, and identities -- Teaching journey of the universe -- Conclusion and credits.
Host, Mary Evelyn Tucker.
Hosted by Yale University historian of religions Mary Evelyn Tucker, this series integrates the perspectives of the sciences and the humanities into a retelling of our 14 billion year story. 'Conversations' with scientists, historians, and environmentalists explore the unfolding story of Earth, the universe, and the role of humans in responding to their present challenges.
DVD, widescreen, 1.78:1; NTSC, region 0.
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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Shelter Island, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: 4 videodiscs (600 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781939517029
1939517028
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Trapani, Tara.
Swimme, Brian.
Loften, Adam.
Northcutt, Patsy.
Tucker, Mary Evelyn.
Shelter Island (Firm)
Sound View Media Partners.
SUBJECTS
Cosmology -- Popular works.
Astronomy -- Popular works.
Evolution -- Popular works.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Popular works.
Human ecology -- Popular works.
Universe -- Popular works.
Earth (Planet) -- Popular works.
Science films.
Environmental films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Science television programs.
Environmental television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.