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Product Description
Science in Action was a popular TV program in the 1950s. It discussed and
demonstrated science in a way that the layman could understand. Each episode
featured Dr. Earl Herald and various guests related to the topic under
discussion. This collection shows five different Science in Action programs
and has a run time of 2 hours 18 minutes. The episodes included in this
collection are:
The Flow of Heat - featuring discussions and demonstrations related to heat
and heat transfer. Guest: Dr. Harvey R. White (University of California).;
Submarines - This episode discusses submarines, their design, operation,
duties of the crew and the use of the escape lung. Guests: Fleet Admiral
Chester Nimitz and Vice Admiral Charles Lockwood.;
Aero Medicine - This episode studies the effects of space
travel on human physiology.;
Drilling for Oil - This episode interviews Howard G.
Vesper, VP of Standard Oil Company of California, about the science of oil
drilling.;
Rivers of Ice - This episode explores glaciers. Guests: Father Bernard Hubbard, the "Glacier Priest"
(Santa Clara University, Department of Geology), and Dick Nile (a student at
San Francisco's Mission High School), demonstrating a precipitator. |
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