TVO's "World of Wonder" launches year-long focus on science, math and technology beginning September 2010
July 29, 2010 @ 09:15AM
This fall, TVO presents World of Wonder, a season-long initiative promoting a greater awareness of science, math and technology through informative, enlightening, engaging and even thrilling content in our primetime broadcast schedule and value-added online offerings.
TVO’s broadcast lineup will feature expanded programming on the subjects throughout each week, and will include a science strand Tuesday nights beginning September 28 at 9 pm ET. And on the last Tuesday of every month, TVO’s current affairs flagship show, The Agenda with Steve Paikin, will focus on a science and technology related issue with discussion and debate from guest experts.
How the Earth Changed History – Canadian premiere
Tuesdays September 28 to October 26, 2010 at 9 pm ET
5 / 50 minutes
A BBC/National Geographic-US co-production in association with ZDF
The traditional interpretation of history has focused largely on human factors. Yet the planet itself has also shaped history since the dawn of time - but how, and to what extent? In this five-part series, Professor Iain Stewart (Journeys from the Centre of the Earth) reveals how geology, geography and climate have shaped everything from the birth of agriculture to the industrial revolution.
In the first episode, “Water,” Professor Stewart shows how control over water has been central to human existence. He visits the foothills of the Himalayas to show how villagers have built a living bridge to cope with the monsoon, and goes to Egypt to reveal the secret of the pharaohs' success. In “Deep Earth” he discovers a strange connection humans have to fault lines as he visits an extraordinary crystal cave in Mexico, drops down a hole in the Iranian desert and crawls through 7,000-year-old tunnels in Israel. Humanity’s turbulent relationship with the atmosphere is explored in “Wind,” taking Professor Stewart to the Sahara desert, the coast of West Africa and the South Pacific. In “Fire” Professor Stewart looks at the role our millennia-old, primary energy source had in Britain's industrial revolution, while holding back China's development. In the final episode, “Human Planet,” Professor Stewart takes a different tack, examining the effect of human activity as a force on the planet.
The Museum of Life – North American premiere
October 25 to November 29, 2010 at 7 pm ET
6 / 50 minutes
Produced by BBC
London’s Natural History Museum is home to a wealth of scientific knowledge, where 350 scientists work with a collection of 70 million objects to try to understand the complexities and resolve some of the problems of the natural world. Presenter Jimmy Doherty, who as a young man volunteered at the museum, returns with a camera crew who are granted unprecedented access to the building’s natural treasures. The six-part series shot at the museum and around the world traces the dramatic, pioneering and often surprising scientific work of a much-loved institution.
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