Nearly a decade after Spain's conquest of Mexico, the future of Christianity on the American continent was very much in doubt. Confronted with a hostile colonial government and Native Americans wary...
The first four titles in the series each feature a thrilling graphic novel set in ancient times (Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and China). Through the story, readers will learn about life in ancient...
Alan Alda meets scientists inventing the future at MIT's Media Lab. Assisted by virtual dog Silas, he uses a computer with certain behavioral characteristicsone that actually learns from its...
Gardner Films, Inc. and Devillier Donegan Enterprises
PBS
THE OTTOMANS explores the rise of the Ottoman Empire, ending at the reign of Suleyman the Magnificent. In spite of the devastating Mongol invasions, Islam endured -- and grew. The Ottoman Empire...
In Panama's rain forest, Alan Alda joins the Scientific American Frontiers crew at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, on Borro Colorado Island. He learns about sonar communications of...
