| Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 720 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 201 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.) |
| Physical Medium |
DVD 4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
DVD digital optical rda |
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DVD video file DVD video rda |
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Filmed lectures lcgft |
| Series |
Great courses. Science & mathematics (Biology) |
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Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. Biology.
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| Note |
Course no. 1657. |
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Program contains twenty-four lectures; the length of each lecture is: approx. 30 min. |
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Lecture notes and program information contained in course guidebook. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) in course guidebook. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. History on a Geological Scale ; Life Cast in Ancient Stone ; Tools of the Paleontological Trade ; How Do You Fossilize Behavior? ; Taxonomy: The Order of Life ; Minerals and the Evolving Earth -- Disc 2. Fossil Timekeepers ; Our Vast Troves of Microfossils ; Ocean Fire and the Origin of Life ; The Ancient Roots of Biodiversity ; Arthropod Rule on Planet Earth -- Disc 3. Devonian Death and the Spread of Forests ; Life's Greatest Crisis: The Permian ; Life's Slow Recovery after the Permian ; Dinosaur Interpretations and Spinosaurus ; Whales: Throwing Away Legs for the Sea ; Insects, Plants, and the Rise of Flower Power -- Disc 4. The Not-So-Humble Story of Grass ; Australia's Megafauna: Komodo Dragons ; Mammoths, Mastodons, and the Quest to Clone ; The Little People of Flores ; The Neanderthal Among Us ; Paleontology and the Future of Earth. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Professor Stuart Sutherland, The University of British Columbia. |
| Summary |
Join the Smithsonian to explore the latest paleontological discoveries and what they reveal about life on Earth. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
In English; closed-captioned. |
| Subject |
Paleontology.
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| Genre |
Filmed lectures.
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Nonfiction films.
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Educational films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Sutherland, Stuart (Professor), teacher.
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Teaching Company, production company.
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Smithsonian Institution.
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| ISBN |
9781629973364 |
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162997336X |
| Music No. |
ID1657A-01 Teaching Company (Container) |
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PB1657A Teaching Company (Books) |
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