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 second episode explores how the discovery of oxygen helped to accelerate the study of chemistry. It examines how hydrogen was discovered and how it was revealed that water is formed when hydrogen and oxygen chemically join together. It then looks at oxygen's...

"From the Pythagorean theorem to DNA's double helix, from the discovery of microscopic life-forms to the theory of relativity--the big ideas of science and technology shape an era's worldview. Open this book, grasp the newest ideas from thought leaders of today, then spring off from them to move back through the past, one big idea at a time. Meet the people who gave birth to these ideas--and those who fought against them. Meet the MIT electrical engineer...

Exploring the antithesis of the wave model, this album of eight computer-animated video segments looks at the particle approach to studying light. Black-body radiation, Planck's constant, the Photoelectric Effect, and the work of James Clerk Maxwell are presented as forerunners to Einstein's concept of photon frequency. Examples of a slope intercept graph and a revised double-slit experiment using light-sensitive paper segue to an illustration of...

An essential compendium of some of the most world-changing discoveries and inventions of all time, from the first use of money to antibiotics and artificial intelligence. In a stylish miscellany, celebrated author Richard Platt and printmaker James Brown travel through time to showcase the amazing breakthroughs in science and technology that have changed our lives forever. From the wheel to the telephone to the Internet, human history is studded with...

This video explores atomic modeling through history, starting with the ancient Greeks and Chinese and then moving into the 19th and 20th century. Learn about the foundational work Mendeleyev provided for today's periodic table. Take an in-depth look at today's table and learn what each piece of information means. Look at bonding models and listen to the limitations they pose in accurately explaining and accounting for bonding phenomena.

A beautifully illustrated celebration of science from the clever people who bring you AQUILA magazine. Ideas are important. They change things. A single idea can start a war, save billions of lives, even rearrange whole planetary systems, or simply make a person giggle until they pee a little bit. They can be totally wrong but widely believed, or undoubtedly right and completely ignored. What's more, they're free, and anyone can have one-including...

History is full of men and women who asked big questions and found exciting answers. People are still making incredible discoveries about our strange and beautiful world. By questioning, guessing, observing and thinking, we have more knowledge and technology than ever before. With vibrant pictures and interesting facts, The Science That Changed The World looks at the biggest breakthroughs in chemistry, physics, biology and more. Explore the mysterious...

In this edition of Moyers & Company, Bill speaks with historian Joyce Appleby, whose new book Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination provides a captivating account of curiosity and how it has shaped our modern world. Dr. Appleby is a professor emerita at UCLA and has served as president of both the Organization of American Historians and the American Historical Association. Two of her other books include Inheriting...