video recordings for people with visual disabilities

Relates the scientific story and the human struggle behind the search for the string theory--the ultimate theory which scientists believe is capable of describing all physical phenomena, large and small; and discusses how the theory is affecting human understanding of space and time.

Humphrey, the young scribe of Isaac Newton, learns lessons about overcoming personal hardship as he works with Newton to prove the scientist's theories on celestial movement.

Examines clues about the evolution of flowers, traveling to the Hengduan Mountains of China, where a flower fossil from the age of the dinosaurs has been discovered and where many popular plants, including rhododendrons, primroses, and clematis, originated.

In the aftermath of the massacre of eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, a secret Israeli squad is sent to track down and assassinate the Palestinians believed to be responsible for the act of terrorism.

Describes the work of physicists John Bahcall and Ray Davis to find and discover the nature of neutrinos, ghostly particles with no electric charge that are essential to life on Earth.

Chronicles the life of Galileo Galilei and his relationship with his eldest child Virginia, examining how she helped influence her father's work. Based on a series of surviving letters between father and daughter.

Examines the latest scientific discoveries regarding Mars based on robot explorers and orbiting satellites. Includes printable materials for educators and access to the "Nova" web site.

The story of Lady, a cocker spaniel, and her romantic adventures with Tramp, her mongrel friend. Animated.

Story of Jaime Escalante, a math teacher at East Los Angeles' Garfield High School, who refuses to write off his inner-city students as losers. Escalante pushes and inspires 18 students who were struggling with math to become math whizzes.

Dramatizes the story of Mary Mallon, a seemingly healthy Irish immigrant cook who became known as Typhoid Mary after being identified as the source of an outbreak of typhoid fever in New York in 1906, and who was subsequently banished to a quarantine island off Manhattan against her will.