Contributor
Burke, James, 1936-
Imprint:New York : Ambrose Video, c[2001].
Description5 videodiscs ( 520 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:Video release of the 1988 television series.
Note:Disc 1. The trigger effect ; Death in the morning -- Disc 2. Distant voices ; Faith in numbers -- Disc 3. The wheel of fortune ; Thunder in the skies -- Disc 4. The long chain ; Eat, drink, and be merry -- Disc 5. Countdown ; Yesterday, tommorrow, and you.
Note:Tracking through 12,000 years of history in the Middle East, Europe and the United States, James Burke shows how past events and technologies led to modern inventions, such as the atomic bomb, engines, electric lamps, telecommunications, the computer, refrigeration, the production line, jets, plastics, rocketry, and movies.
Location Note : REQUEST AT THE CHECK-OUT DESK.