Disney Educational - Bill Nye The Science Guy: Space Exploration
Many things learned through space exploration have important implications in the lives of humans. In this installment of the Bill Nye the Science Guy series, Bill Nye reveals how satellites have been used for some time to provide weather information, and are used in communications throughout the world. Bill Nye the Science Guy: Space Exploration also looks at the difficulties encountered when the objects of study are too small to be seen without instrumentation. Nye inserts his trademark humor and parody into the scientific discussion to create a fun learning atmosphere.
Disney Educational - Bill Nye The Science Guy - Insects
The Science Guy points out the difference between insects and bugs in this installment of his award-winning series. Bill Nye utilizes his special affinity for communicating with kids, and when he refers to insect eggs as the "little round things" and the larval stage as "like a worm," adults may cringe, but kids remember. His student helpers visit an insectorium during Bill Nye the Science Guy: Insects, and Nye discusses the little suits of armor that insects sport.
Bad Science (Only Audio) By Ben Goldacre, read by Rupert Farle
By Ben Goldacre, read by Rupert Farley The informative and witty expose of the "bad science" we are all subjected to, called "one of the essential reads of the year" by New Scientist. We are obsessed with our health. And yet from the media's "world-expert microbiologist" with a mail-order Ph.D. in his garden shed laboratory, and via multiple health scares and miracle cures we are constantly bombarded with inaccurate, contradictory, and sometimes even misleading information. Until now. Ben Goldacre masterfully dismantles the questionable science behind some of the great drug trials, court cases, and missed opportunities of our time, but he also goes further...
The Hidden Reality - ParallelUniverses and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
From the best-selling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos: his most thrilling and accessible book to date—a state-of-the-art tour of the cutting-edge science that is changing the way we see our world.
The gray stuff in the skull gets a once-over in Bill Nye the Science Guy: Brain. Even though no one knows exactly how it works, scientists do have information on the functions of some areas of the brain. Using comparisons that students can readily understand, and sprinkling in many kids' colloquialisms, Nye continues in his series of successful programs. The standup scientist is seen in a new light when he submits to an MRI, and lets students see an image of his brain.
