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What do movie special effects, the stock market, and heart attacks have in common? They are connected by a recent branch of maths called fractals, which changed the way we see the world and opened up a vast...
This is a look back at how a handful of pioneers deciphered the intricate system of hieroglyphs developed by the Maya. This one-hour program is divided into five chapters for online viewing: The Forgotten...
The epic story of humanity’s struggle to master extreme cold. This Nova special recreates groundbreaking discoveries across four centuries that expanded our knowledge of low temperatures and led ultimately...
WIth ‘Leaves of Grass’, Walt Whitman offered up his poetry and his persona as a reflection of the America he saw; daring, noble, naive, brutish, sexual, frightening and flawed. This film tells...
On April 25, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick published their groundbreaking discovery of the double helix structure of DNA. But their crucial breakthrough depended on the pioneering work of another...
Documentary presented by John Merrow on the state of higher education in the United States. Not only has the cultural commitment to sending all students to college, regardless of wealth, seemed to have...
A documentary by Ken Burns, the fifth part of his PBS television series ‘American Lives’. Looks at the life and work of Mark Twain, using archival photography and interviews with writers including Russel...
How did Jesus of Nazareth become the Christ of the Christian tradition? And why did the early Christian communities develop different theological images of Jesus? FRONTLINE discusses Jesus’ ministry, the...
Documentary about George C. Marshall’s controversial plan for a U.S. financed reconstruction of Europe. European witnesses reflect on the legacy and consequences of Marshall’s remarkable vision. Special...
Profile of the founder of Apple Computers, Steve Jobs. This documentary looks not only at how Jobs’ talent, style and imagination have influenced the lives of many people in the developed world, through...
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