Contributions

  • Discovery Channel (Firm) - Contributor
  • Langham Productions - Contributor
  • Learning Channel (Firm) - Contributor
  • Ambrose Video Publishing - Contributor

Publication

2003 - Ambrose Video, New York, NY, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

26,000 words, Guess

Page Count

104 pages

Physical Format

Video Recording

Identifiers

Alternate Titles

  • Life is no picnic.
  • Elementary stuff.

Description

"Feedback: Electronic agents may be our servants using feedback mathematics that won World War II based on an idea from France's vineyards where the Humane Society began while a doctor in Michigan created cornflakes. What's in a name?: A breakfast leads to corn cob garbage used for 'furfan' which creates resin for bonding that leads to inventing the tractor and diesal engine and to the creation of the Smithsonian in Washington, DC."--Container.

Description

"Life is no picnic: Examine the interwoven histories of freeze dried coffee and soldier ration packs in WWII; the Star Spangled Banner and a Greek poem; and Europe's Romantic movement and Darwin's theory of evolution. Elementary stuff: Explore histories [sic] intricate web of commonalities: spiritualism and the device that makes radio reception possible; Scottish oppression and the creation of turpentine; and the debate over modern literature and the creation of Sherlock Holmes."--Container.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Connections 3.: Disc 3Video RecordingAmbrose Video2003-01-01

Reader Reviews

No reviews yet for this book.

Be the first to share your thoughts!