HIST 210: History of Modern Science: Videos

DVDs are located in the Library's Media Tower, and may be borrowed with your student I.D. card for one week. They may also be viewed on flat screen monitors located in the Media Tower study rooms.

A variety of films may be viewed online through the Films on Demand database. If you are using any database from off-campus, you will be asked to log in with the same username and password that you use to enter your "Student Workday" account. You may watch the programs listed here by clicking on each title, or you may search the database to find videos about your choice of topics.

History of Science series (BBC Worldwide Learning) -- Includes the following episodes:

• What Is Out There? A History of Astronomy
• What Is the World Made Of? A History of Chemistry & Physics
• How Did We Get Here? A History of Evolutionary Science
• Can We Have Unlimited Power? A History of Energy
• What Is the Secret of Life? A History of Biology & Genetics
• Who Are We? A History of Brain Science

Big Questions: The Nature of Scientific Inquiry series -- Includes the following episodes:

• Darwin's Evolution
• Faraday's Famous Inventions
• Hubble's Expanding Universe
• Mendel & the Gene Splicers
• Mendeleev's Dream

Modern Marvels series (A&E Television) -- Includes the following episodes:

• George Washington Carver Tech
• Electric Light
• Polio Vaccine