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Beyond Science?
http://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=pbs_saf007.xml	AE5.P37 Internet
Investigates what is real in science and what is not, including balancing patients energy for healing, dowsing, handwriting analysis, and palm reading.

Dark Side of the Universe, The
http://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=pbs_saf050.xml	AE5.P37 Internet
New discoveries about dark matter and dark energy have astronomers wondering if ours is but one of an infinity of universes.

Mechanical Universe - and Beyond (Programs 13-16)
https://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=acpb0123.xml https://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=acpb0124.xml https://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=acpb0125.xml https://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=acpb0126.xml	AE5.A56 Internet
Program 13 deals with the law of physics which states that energy is neither created nor destroyed. Program 14 deals with potential energy and the powerful model that this concept has become for understanding why the world has worked the same way since the beginning of time. Program 15 likens the universe to a perpetual clock and applies the principle of conservation of momentum to explain why the universe continues to operate. The same principle is also applied to an analysis of collisions. Program 16 explains that the restoring force and inertia of any stable mechanical system causes objects to execute simple harmonic motion. Uses computer animation sequences, historical reenactments, and close-up photography of experiments.

Mechanical Universe - and Beyond (Programs 21-26)
https://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=acpb0131.xml https://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=acpb0132.xml https://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=acpb0133.xml https://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=acpb0134.xml https://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=acpb0135.xml https://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=acpb0136.xml	AE5.A56 Internet
Program 21 deals with Kepler's three laws which described the motion of heavenly bodies with unprecedented accuracy. Also discusses the relationship between these laws and conic sections first identified by ancient Greek mathematicians. Program 22 deals with what is known as Kepler's problem, the deduction of all three of Kepler's laws from Newton's universal law of gravitation. Program 23 describes the orbit of all heavenly bodies in terms of the laws of conservation of energy and angular momentum. Program 24 discusses how the amount of energy needed to voyage to other planets can be minimized by using the same principles that guide planets around the solar system. Program 25 explains why natural occurrences such as the ebb and flow of tides are a consequence of the law of gravity and this explanation leads to Einstein's general theory of relativity and black holes. Program 26 looks back at material covered in earlier programs. Uses computer animation sequences, historical reenactments, and close-up photography of experiments.

Japan 2000
https://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=ffh07163.xml https://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=ffh07164.xml https://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=ffh07165.xml https://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=ffh07166.xml	Videotape no.5385-5388
Four BBC programmes focus on the topics of transport, energy, industries, agriculture and quality of life in Japan.

Nuclear Technology
http://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=ffh05519.xml	Videotape no.4362
Program takes us to the heart of the atom, to examine the processes of fission and fusion by which energy can be produced.

New Energy Sources
http://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=ffh05592.xml	Videotape no.4393
As the need for energy increases while sources of petroleum are known to be running out, the search is on for cleaner and safer fuels. This program looks at tidal energy, which is renewable and does not cause atmospheric pollution, and at a new form of energy that may supply the engines of our future; green petroleum, which is manufactured from plants.

Energy
http://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=ffh05526.xml	Videotape no.4361
Living things consume energy. In nature, the energy of the sun is what nourishes plants, animals and human beings. However, man has learned to harness other forms of energy, such as electricity, which was largely responsible for the development of industrial societies. Scientists are also trying to master new energy forms. Hydrogen, available in unlimited quantities in water, is one of the resources of the future.

Ionization and Excitation Potential
http://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=ffh01081.xml	AE.F55 Internet
The energy transfer between accelerated electrons of different energies and atoms when they collide is presented in this program and related to the quantum theory of atomic structure.

Mechanical Universe - and Beyond! (Programs 31 and 32)
https://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=acpb0141.xml https://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=acpb0142.xml	Videodisc no.166-167
Program 31. When is electricity dangerous or benign, spectacular or useful? Program 32. Alessandro Volta invents the electric battery using the internal properties of different metals.

Mechanical Universe - and Beyond! (Programs 43 and 44)
https://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=acpb0153.xml https://did.cit.jmu.edu/default.aspx?direct=image&id=31&res=acpb0154.xml	Videodisc no.172-173
Program 43 discusses the work of Albert Einstein, resulting in the theory of relativity, a wholly new understanding of the meaning of space and time. Program 44 discusses how this new meaning of space and time made it necessary to formulate a new mechanics.

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