Biography

Sunday, April 12

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8:00AM

Biography

Sir Isaac Newton: The Gravity of Genius

Chronicles the life of the scientific genius who laid the foundations for calculus and defined the laws of gravity, but who lived a lonely and unhappy personal life.
9:00AM

ArtRageous

Vincent van Gogh

Van Gogh is best known for being the crazy artist who cut off his own ear, but the truth is a little more complicated. Join Nate as he dives into the details of Van Gogh’s life and influences, and take a close look at “Starry Night” at the Museum of Modern Art.
9:30AM

New Frontier, The

EMISSARIES

Our solar system is so vast, it is nearly 150 million kilometers or 1 Astronomical Unit (AU) from the Sun to the Earth. And Pluto is up to 48 AUs away! Although humans cannot yet travel that sort of distance, we can send robots and probes in our place. The results are astounding.
10:00AM

Better Planet TV

Better Planet TV 101

RECYCLING PLASTIC BOTTLES, GREEN SCHOOL PRACTICES, AND RECYCLING HOUSE FURNITURE
10:30AM

Re-Inventors, The

13TH CENTURY ROCKET-POWERED TORPEDO

INVESTIGATING AND TESTING A 13TH CENTURY ROCKET-POWERED TORPEDO
11:00AM

Biography

Albert Einstein

A profile of one of the 20th century's most important minds and recognizable faces--his very name a synonym for genius. Born in Germany in 1879, Albert Einstein was a surprisingly poor student, and failed his first entrance exam to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. We look at his long road to recognition, his brilliant theories, including relativity, his Nobel Prize in Physics, and his lifelong work for and devotion to international peace and world government.
12:00PM

Story Feature

Einstein

Albert Einstein's revolutionary theory that turned the world upside down might have been dismissed but for a math mistake, a cloudy sky, and the start of World War I.
2:00PM

Story Feature

The Mystery of Genius

In a 2-hour study of a rare human trait, we learn how to define the seven types of recognized genius, and meet medical experts and geniuses as they measure and demonstrate this largely misunderstood phenomenon.
4:00PM

Biography

Sir Isaac Newton: The Gravity of Genius

Chronicles the life of the scientific genius who laid the foundations for calculus and defined the laws of gravity, but who lived a lonely and unhappy personal life.
5:00PM

Biography

Alexander Graham Bell: Voice of Invention

The remarkable life story of the man whose driving passion--to enable the deaf to communicate--led to the invention of the telephone. Includes a look at his interest in speed boating and how he saved the "National Geographic" from financial ruin.
6:00PM

Biography

Dow and Jones

Fascinating story of Charles Dow and Edward Jones, whose dissimilar geniuses produced the indispensable Dow Jones stock index. Financial gurus Louis Rukeyser, Lou Dobbs, and others discuss the lives of Dow and Jones, and how their index changed the world.
7:00PM

Biography

Albert Einstein

A profile of one of the 20th century's most important minds and recognizable faces--his very name a synonym for genius. Born in Germany in 1879, Albert Einstein was a surprisingly poor student, and failed his first entrance exam to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. We look at his long road to recognition, his brilliant theories, including relativity, his Nobel Prize in Physics, and his lifelong work for and devotion to international peace and world government.
8:00PM

Story Feature

Einstein

Albert Einstein's revolutionary theory that turned the world upside down might have been dismissed but for a math mistake, a cloudy sky, and the start of World War I.
10:00PM

Story Feature

The Mystery of Genius

In a 2-hour study of a rare human trait, we learn how to define the seven types of recognized genius, and meet medical experts and geniuses as they measure and demonstrate this largely misunderstood phenomenon.
12:00AM

Biography

Sir Isaac Newton: The Gravity of Genius

Chronicles the life of the scientific genius who laid the foundations for calculus and defined the laws of gravity, but who lived a lonely and unhappy personal life.
1:00AM

Biography

Alexander Graham Bell: Voice of Invention

The remarkable life story of the man whose driving passion--to enable the deaf to communicate--led to the invention of the telephone. Includes a look at his interest in speed boating and how he saved the "National Geographic" from financial ruin.
2:00AM

Biography

Dow and Jones

Fascinating story of Charles Dow and Edward Jones, whose dissimilar geniuses produced the indispensable Dow Jones stock index. Financial gurus Louis Rukeyser, Lou Dobbs, and others discuss the lives of Dow and Jones, and how their index changed the world.
3:00AM

Biography

Albert Einstein

A profile of one of the 20th century's most important minds and recognizable faces--his very name a synonym for genius. Born in Germany in 1879, Albert Einstein was a surprisingly poor student, and failed his first entrance exam to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. We look at his long road to recognition, his brilliant theories, including relativity, his Nobel Prize in Physics, and his lifelong work for and devotion to international peace and world government.
4:00AM

Story Feature

Einstein

Albert Einstein's revolutionary theory that turned the world upside down might have been dismissed but for a math mistake, a cloudy sky, and the start of World War I.
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