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Modern Marvels
From Sherlock Holmes' examination of the physical evidence at a crime scene to today's DNA technology, a review of the history of crime detection through the use of forensic science.
Modern Marvels
DVD, CD, PDA, HDTV, PVR--used to be the ultimate in "gotta have it" gadgets and gizmos and "to die for" technology that populate a digital world of acronyms.
Modern Marvels
Glue appears in everything from carpet to Space Shuttles and surgery; explore its trajectory from Neolithic cave dwellers using animal glue on ceremonial skulls to modern Elmer's, 3M tapes, and superglues that can lift 6,000-pound trucks.
Modern Marvels by HISTORY
Modern Marvels by HISTORY
Modern Marvels
The ability to transmit sound in stereo transformed the music of life into a rich symphony of sound; for over 100 years, enthusiasts and scientists have worked to create the ideal listening experience; we examine this multi-billion dollar business.
Modern Marvels
Learning about various fungal organisms that live in the human body, grow from the ground, float in the air, and help create some foods and beverages; professional remediators battle millions of green invaders in a moldy home.
Modern Marvels
Amazing, ingenious and ultra-sturdy shelters, machines, containers, and materials help to ensure the continuation of society.
Modern Marvels
The evolution of the assembly line, which has produced billions of products, from toys to Boeing 747s, cheaply and quickly; Americans overcome prejudices toward blacks and women in factories during World War II; a family of auto assembly workers.
Modern Marvels Essentials
Produced in Scotland and the American South, whiskey is popular, has a colorful history, and is one of the world's oldest drinks.
Modern Marvels
Standing majestically for centuries, the world's great pyramids have long inspired and mystified scholars; leading experts and historians explore the engineering genius that created some of the largest structures on the planet.
Modern Marvels
More than 100 pyramids built as tombs for pharaohs still stand in Egypt, but many things about the ancient monuments remain obscure.
Modern Marvels
A journey back to an unruly era examining the complexity of their construction and the multipurpose they served; homes to kings and nobles, economic centers, courthouses, treasuries, prisons, and torture chambers.
Modern Marvels by HISTORY
Modern Marvels
A pilot who builds his own jet-powered glider; canoe makers in Montana; a knife maker in Washington; craftsmen keep alive the ancient art of weapon making; Skulls International in Oklahoma City; handmade special effects.
Modern Marvels
For over a century, the U.S. steel industry is a powerful symbol of the nation's industrial might; steel transforms a country of farmers and merchants into a nation of builders, then U.S. domination of the market meets new challenges in the 1970s.
Modern Marvels
Winding 6,000 kilometers through undulating mountains, it is said to be visible with the naked eye from the moon; historians, engineers, and scientists explore one of the wonders of the ancient world.
Modern Marvels
They block the force of a river, produce enough electricity to power cities, move water over hundreds of miles and irrigate fertile valleys.
Modern Marvels
Many rivers quenched the thirst of millions in the American west and around the world; without these aqueducts, some of the earth's largest cities would turn into gigantic ghost towns.
Modern Marvels
Episode takes the "best of" Modern Marvels and give the mega top 10 countdown; on this edition: amazing weapons; they're every arsenal's best asset and every enemy's worst nightmare.
Modern Marvels
Shipyards are waterside construction sites where some of the largest tools ever built help create the biggest machines on earth; from ancient days to the 18th-century Industrial Revolution to the epic effort performed at Pearl Harbor.
Modern Marvels: Then and Now
Mankind harnesses electric power from a variety of sources.
Modern Marvels
When a burning gusher shoots flames into the air, only a handful of men know how to snuff out the monster; fighting fire with fire, they place explosives around the flames to blow it out, or douse it with tons of water.
Modern Marvels
Nuclear research ranges from well-known applications, such as bombs and reactors, to little-known uses in medicine, food preparation, and radiation detection. It's also spawned ancillary technologies to store nuclear waste and clean up accidents.
Modern Marvels Essentials
Come take a trip across the incredible Mackinac Bridge, and discover why it's one of the world's most amazing construction projects.
Modern Marvels
Standing majestically for centuries, the world's great pyramids have long inspired and mystified scholars; leading experts and historians explore the engineering genius that created some of the largest structures on the planet.
Modern Marvels
More than 100 pyramids built as tombs for pharaohs still stand in Egypt, but many things about the ancient monuments remain obscure.
Modern Marvels by HISTORY