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Title:

Breakthrough : the ideas that changed the world / a production of Bigger Bang for PBS ; drama director, Ben Harding ; director, Chris Riley, Stephen Mizelas, Nathan Williams, Nat Sharman and Sean Smith ; series producer, Tim Green.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher:

Distributed by PBS Distribution,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

2 videodiscs (approximately 5 hr., 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Inventions--History.
Technological innovations--History.
Telescopes--History.
Airplanes--History.
Robots--History.
Rockets (Aeronautics)--History.
Smartphones--History.
DVD videodisc.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary television programs.
Science television programs.
Historical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Harding, Ben (Documentary filmmaker), television director.
Riley, Chris television director. television director.
Mizelas, Stephen, television director.
Williams, Nathan (Documentary filmmaker), television director.
Sharman, Nat, television director.
Smith, Sean, 1961 March 18- television director.
Green, Tim (Television producer and director), television producer.
Stewart, Patrick, 1940- narrator.
Bigger Bang Productions, production company.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher. publisher.

Notes:

Narrator, Patrick Stewart. Originally broadcast by PBS Apr. 17-May 22, 2019. Widescreen. Documentary. Program content: ©2019.

Contents:

The smartphone. The airplane -- The robot -- The car -- The rocket -- The smartphone.

Summary:

Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects: the car, the airplane, the smartphone, the rocket, the robot, and the telescope.

ISBN:

1531710190
9781531710194

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1101122718

UPC:

841887041942

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

YXPB162 -- Clarence Public Library (Edna Zybell Memorial Library) (Clarence)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)