Explores U.S. expansion during the 1800's, covering the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, the displacement of Native Americans, the settlement of Texas, the Oregon Trail, and the Mexican-American War.
Reveals the processes involved in brain development across a lifetime. Features new information in the brain sciences and introduces the foremost researchers in the field.
A portrait of National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore, who shoots some of the most exotic locales on earth while often enduring wretched conditions to get the prized photograph.
A detailed biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, the general of the French Revolution who later declared himself Emperor of France, from his birth on the island of Corsica to his final exile on the island of St. Helena.
Learn the role that energy plays in Disney rides like the Mad Tea Party and Epcot's Test Track. Discover how Disney Imagineers use fluids when constructing theme park rides, such as The Seas With Nemo and Friends, and Grizzly River Run. Explains fluid dynamics and how it affects the way fluids behave and move.
Learn the role that energy plays in Disney rides like the Mad Tea Party and Epcot's Test Track. Discover how Disney Imagineers use fluids when constructing theme park rides, such as The Seas With Nemo and Friends, and Grizzly River Run. Explains fluid dynamics and how it affects the way fluids behave and move.
The Walt Disney Imagineers show how they apply magnets to all of Disney's theme park attractions. Some examples include the use of magnetic connectors that guide guests through The Seas of Nemo and Friends, and the use of sound through audio speakers in the Pirates of the Caribbean.
Disney Imagineers learn about different types of friction, including static, kinetic and rolling and demonstrate how they reduce drag and improve friction in rides such as Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, a Disney Cruise Line ship and more.
