The Nature of Things S09E08 · Man And Machines

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The Greek inventor, Alexander Hero, first defined five basic devices which make all machines possible: lever, wedge, wheel, pulley and screw.

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1. 1 1. Thomas Edison1968-09-26Thomas Edison wasn't merely a lone inventful genius. He invented modern research team makes possible technology shaping our world.
2. 2 2. Human Engineering1968-10-03
3. 3 3. Materials1968-10-10A review of history of man's oldest materials: wood, stone, iron, bronze and glass.
4. 4 4. Structure1968-11-07Defying force of gravity, man has strewn his structures across earth. This program looks at some of them.
5. 5 5. Communications1968-11-14Much of this program deals with basic communications problem of getting a signal through noise.
6. 6 6. Canals And Tunnels1968-11-21The great engineers of past - men like DE Lesseps of Suez fame and Panama infamy and Bradley - whose canals were arteries of industrial revolution, sacrificed health and fortune, a
7. 7 7. Central Power1968-11-28One test of civilization is ability to organize sources of energy. Central power was something new in 1876.
8. 8 8. Man And Machines1968-12-05The Greek inventor, Alexander Hero, first defined five basic devices which make all machines possible: lever, wedge, wheel, pulley and screw.
9. 9 9. Land And Water1968-12-12This program shows how man changes his environment by shaping land he lives on, reclaiming land from sea, making new lakes and rivers.
10. 10 10. Man Aloft1968-12-19This film looks, sometimes whimsically, at examples of old and modern flying machines.
11. 11 11. Portable Power1968-12-26Man's first "portable power" device was part of his own body, energy from contraction of long molecules in presence of sugar: muscle power.
12. 12 12. Machines And Man: Transportation1969-01-02Are problems of urban transportation insurmountable? The traffic jams which are a regular feature of city life make it appear so.
13. 13 13. Machine And Man: Systems Engineering1969-01-09A system, according to Oxford dictionary, is a whole composed of parts in orderly arrangement, according to some scheme or plan.
14. 14 14. Audubon1969-03-18A study of life and work of Jean Jacques Audubon, great painter-naturalist who captured beauty of American wildlife on canvas.