Explore the world of chemistry through these informative programs, which provide a valuable supplement to middle-school, high-school or college science curriculums. Films in the series include: Acids, Bases and salts (2nd Ed. ) Chemical bonding and Atomic structure (2nd Ed. ) Elements, Compounds and mixtures (2nd Ed. ) The periodic table of periodicity reaction rates and equilibrium solutions: ionic and molecular (2nd Ed. ).

Michael and James explore how the chemicals in our food feed and build our bodies. The world is full of different cuisines and thousands of different meals. Yet when they're reduced to their essence, there are actually just a handful of ingredients that our bodies absolutely need from our food to survive.. These essential molecules come in a series of familiar sounding groups - carbohydrates, fat, protein, vitamins and minerals - but Michael and James...

Five neuroscientists (Jennifer Groh, Jay Gargus, Miguel Nicolelis, Kalanit Grill-Spector, and Stephen Scherer) examine intriguing aspects of our current understanding of the brain.

Chemistry has an impact on every aspect of our daily lives. The most important chemistry reference is the periodic table of the elements. By providing a logical, mathematical method of organization, the table has become a critical tool for students, teachers and scientists around the globe. This program explores the discoveries that led up to the organization of the periodic table and how it is presently organized. It introduces and explores several...

Picking up where he left off in Hunting the Elements, David Pogue sets out on a worldwide quest to find the key molecules and chemical reactions that have paved the way for human civilization, life, and even the universe as we know it.

This is the scientific story of the food on your plate. Michael Mosley and James Wong present a celebration of the physics, chemistry and biology that lies hidden inside every bite. Together they travel the world and take over the UK's leading food lab as they deconstruct our favorite meals, taking us inside the food, right down to the molecular level.

A feature documentary that focuses on the craftsmen, chemists, and renegades at the heart of the whisky revolution that turned the stagnant scotch whisky industry of the 1980s into the titan it is today. Starting behind the locked gates of an abandoned distillery, Jim McEwan and Mark Reynier share their personal experiences of the risk-taking and wild experimentation they used to turn Bruichladdich into what it is today. The film takes you on the...

THE POISON SQUAD tells the story of government chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley. The film charts the path of the forgotten man who laid the groundwork for U.S. consumer protection laws, and ultimately the creation of the FDA.