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Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Inventions: Our lives are made easier by one invention or another, but we may not realize that not every invention is carefully planned - some of the most valuable ones came about by accident! Bill examines the process of inventing. Do-it-yourself science: You can demonstrate big scientific ideas with small, simple experiments. Get a lesson from Bill and learn how you can conduct scientific research.
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Inventions: Our lives are made easier by one invention or another, but we may not realize that not every invention is carefully planned - some of the most valuable ones came about by accident! Bill examines the process of inventing. Do-it-yourself science: You can demonstrate big scientific ideas with small, simple experiments. Get a lesson from Bill and learn how you can conduct scientific research.
6) Ex machina
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Caleb, a coder at the world's largest Internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a retreat belonging to the company's reclusive CEO, Nathan. But when Caleb arrives he finds that he will have to participate in a fascinating experiment with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot woman, Ava. Truths, emotions, and motives are blurred as the relationship between Caleb, Ava, and Nathan intensifies....
10) Frankenweenie
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Young Victor conducts a science experiment that will bring his dog Sparky back to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous consequences.
Pub. Date
2009
Description
"You won't believe your eyes when Bill Nye the science guy reflects, refracts, bends, bounces, absorbs, and pulls light waves to show how things can be seen in different ways. In Light optics, Bill uses lenses, mirrors, and water to create optical illusions that are sights to behold."--Container
13) Subject two
Pub. Date
2006
Description
High atop the Rocky Mountains, a visionary scientist, Dr. Vick, along with his unwitting medical student assistant, Adam Schmidt, engage in controversial and gruesome research on death ̇and resurrection. A modern take on the classic Frankenstein tale of horror, Subject Two will raise the hair on the back of your neck, and leave you with a lasting impression of life and mortality.
18) Spinning things
Pub. Date
2004
Description
"In Spinning Things, Bill Nye the Science Guy tells us what the Earth, a big storm, and a rolling ball have in common. Discover why some things spin and others don't"--Container.