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Returning to Hallaval, the home of the Vagabonds, Zero, Gem, Tag and Librarian find themselves in the middle an outbreak of a mysterious virus that turns people into mindless living golden statues. With more and more of the Vagabonds spreading the virus, it's up to our heroes to find a cure before there's no one left.
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In this video from the 2011 Falling Walls Conference, Paul Chirik introduces the philosophy of green chemistry as a means of combating the plague of pollution. Chirik's work in designing products and processes that minimize the use and generation of hazardous substances has been recognized by institutions like the New York Academy of Sciences and the American Chemical Society. His research group at Princeton University is focused on discovering transition...
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The Shedding Light on Atoms series uses demonstrations and animations to take students on a journey of discovery to explain what we know about atoms-and how we know what we know about atoms. The first episode examines what the ancient Greeks thought about matter, including the four-element theory, Democritus' atomic theory, and alchemy. By explaining the basics of atoms, students can better understand the chemical reactions which led to their discovery....
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According to Jung, a symbol like the mandala represents a creation of both the conscious and the unconscious; when such symbols are eliminated, their psychological energy disappears into the unconscious. If progress means that mythology is replaced by history, mysticism by science, and magic by technology, then modern man has lost contact with the world of symbols, with the unconscious. Can the gap between man and nature, between inner and exterior...
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What is the universe made of? It took humankind thousands of years just to formulate a way to ask the question-with the first rigorous study of matter's "ingredients" appearing in czarist Russia. This program tells the story of Dmitri Mendeleev, the chemist and inventor who devised the periodic table of the elements-vastly improving our understanding of the building blocks of the cosmos. Presented by British author Adam-Hart Davis, the film explores...
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Dynamite is one of the most important inventions of mankind. It has been responsible for blasting out the natural resources that have built the modern world. Dynamite is credited with building the roads, tunnels, and dams that provide humans with energy and transportation.
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The Kunsthistorisches Museum is a treasury of antiquities and weaponry collected by the royal family known as the Habsburgs - a dynasty that ruled much of Europe for 500 years. In this episode, we visit the crypt that entombs many generations of the Habsburg royal family, then meet a geneticist who is attempting to discover how inbreeding led to their demise. We go hunting with falcons to discover how one Habsburg emperor's hobby laid the foundation...
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Celebrated as the greatest scientific genius of all time, Isaac Newton is said to have rewritten the laws of nature after watching the legendary apple falling from a tree in his garden. Although known for rational thinking, he was both hermit and tyrant, and driven by an obsession to go beyond what we now call science to delve into the occult. This compelling biography sets out to reveal Netwon's hotheadedness and ego, as well as his deeply-held religion...
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The historical Dr. Faust, and the legends that have arisen around him thanks to the writings of Marlowe, Lessing, and Goethe, are the subject of this fascinating program. The real Faust-excommunicated as a heretic-is presented as a victim of the political and religious tensions of his day. In a medieval world that believed in the corporeal presence of the Devil, the accusation that Faust was in league with Mephistopheles seems strangely reasonable....
16) Mind and Matter
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The subterranean phallus god whom Jung saw in a dream as a child is a symbol of both creation and destruction, the inspiration for all of nature and strongly present in the human unconscious. The relationship between mind and matter, physics and psychology, conscious and unconscious, feeling and understanding is the subject of this program which, with the aid of eminent physicists and psychoanalysts, examines Jung's work and his association with Wolfgang...
17) The Image Makers
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The growth of mass communication provided a new understanding of ways to manipulate images and influence popular opinion, giving birth to the concept of public relations. In this program, Bill Moyers examines the public-relations campaign designed by Ivy Lee in 1914 to improve the image of John D. Rockefeller. He also talks with Edward Bernays-the man who helped immortalize Thomas Edison and actually coined the term "public relations"-about the science...
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In this program physics professor Jim Al-Khalili provides evidence that medieval Islamic scientists were among the first to insist that scholarly theories be backed up by experimental observation. Traveling throughout Syria and Egypt, Al-Khalili profiles Ibn al-Haytham, whose proof that light travels in straight lines helped establish the discipline of optics, and Al-Biruni, who more than 1,000 years ago estimated the size of the Earth to within a...
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Revolves around an elite team of FBI profilers who analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most prominent agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU, who returns to help the team solve new cases, while pursuing some unfinished business of his own. Each member brings his or her own area of expertise to the table as they pinpoint predators' motivations...
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Lernen Sie die neuen Funktionen von Logic Pro X kennen und sehen Sie, wie Sie sie in der Praxis einsetzen.
Seit der Veröffentlichung von Logic Pro X hat Apple seiner digitalen Audio Workstation (DAW) zahlreiche neue Features spendiert. Logic wurde mit mächtigen Instrumenten ausgestattet, wie etwa dem Synthesizer Alchemy, oder dem Drum Machine Designer, erhielt neue Plug-ins, zum Beispiel den von Grund auf überarbeiteten Compressor und zahlreiche...