NOVA: The Fabric of the Cosmos Blu-ray - AV Item

AV Benefits:

Why the AV version? Because it provides additional usage options for PBS videos. AV versions come with limited performance rights so they can be shown in classrooms, at PTA meetings, during after school programs, and transmitted on a closed-circuit system within a building or on a single campus. They also can be enjoyed in admission-free public screenings, which also makes them ideal for use by library patrons and businesses involved in community clubs and organizations.
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Professional Reviews:

The show is a delight, especially at a time when science is often portrayed as something that must be immediately useful. Certainly many scientists are motivated by big, practical goals, such as the urge to cure cancer or to halt global warming. But the truth is it's often a long and uncertain path from basic research to breakthroughs. What this series puts on fine display is that basic science itself is wonderfully exciting and profound, and understanding the quirky structure of the universe is a thrill - even to us spectators. - The Boston Globe

"This is a report from the frontier of cosmic thought, as fresh as last month's Nobel Prizes, uncompromising in its intellectual ambitions and discerning in its choice of compelling scientific issues." - New York Times

Description

• Brian Greene is going to let you in on a secret: We've all been deceived. Our perceptions of time and space have led us astray. Much of what we thought we knew about our universe--that the past has already happened and the future is yet to be, that space is just an empty void, that our universe is the only universe that exists--just might be wrong. The Fabric of the Cosmos, a four-hour series based on the book by renowned physicist and acclaimed author Brian Greene, takes us to the frontiers of physics to see how scientists are piecing together the most complete picture yet of space, time and the universe. With each step, audiences will discover that just beneath the surface of our everyday experience lies a world we'd hardly recognize, a startling world far stranger and more wondrous than anyone expected.
  
  Interweaving provocative theories, experiments, and stories with crystal-clear explanations and imaginative metaphors like those that defined the groundbreaking and highly-acclaimed series The Elegant Universe, The Fabric of the Cosmos promises to be the most compelling, visual, fun, and comprehensive picture of modern physics ever seen on television.
  
  Features Time, Space, Quantum, and Multiverse.
  
  This DVD features Descriptive Video for the Visually Impaired
  
  This DVD features subtitles in English (SDH)