| Description |
4 videodiscs (760 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Content |
two-dimensional moving image tdi |
| Media |
video v |
| Carrier |
videodisc vd |
| System Information |
DVD. |
| Performer |
Hosted by Roald Hoffmann. |
| Credits |
Computer graphics, Circuit Studios; editor, Geoff Dils; narrator, Fran Dorn; music, Richard Paul Brier. |
| Note |
Reissued on DVD by Annenberg Media; 26 programs. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1990. |
| Audience |
Senior high school through college students and adults. |
| Summary |
Journey through the exciting world of chemistry with Nobel laureate Roald Hoffmann as your guide. The foundations of chemical structures and their behavior are explored through computer animation, demonstrations, and on-site footage at working industrial and research labs. |
| Contents |
disc 1. 1. World of chemistry ; 2. Color ; 3. Measurement: the foundation of chemistry ; 4. Modeling the unseen ; 5. A matter of state ; 6. The atom ; 7. The periodic table ; 8. Chemical bonds -- disc 2. 9. Molecular architecture ; 10. Signals from within ; 11. The mole ; 12. Water ; 13. The driving forces ; 14. Molecules in action -- disc 3. 15. The busy electron ; 16. The proton in chemistry ; 17. The precious envelope ; 18. The chemistry of the earth ; 19. Metals ; 20. On the surface -- disc 4. 21. Carbon ; 22. The age of polymers ; 23. Proteins: structure and function ; 24. The genetic code ; 25. Chemistry and the environment ; 26. Futures. |
| Local Note |
To request access to a digitized version of this resource, please contact reproductions@sciencehistory.org. |
| Subject(s) |
Chemistry.
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| Alternate Author |
Hoffmann, Roald.
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University of Maryland at College Park.
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Educational Film Center (Annandale, Va.)
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Annenberg Media.
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