Kanopy (Firm)
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
This lecture starts the study of the Universe as a whole—or cosmology. A key finding made by Edwin Hubble in 1929 was that the spectra of distant galaxies are redshifted more than those of nearby galaxies, suggesting that the Universe is expanding.
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Stephanie, Ian and Alfredo are landless ecological farmers striving to produce healthy food for local consumption in Puerto Rico. In this economically depressed US-territory -highly dependent on food imports and a frequent target for hurricanes– producing food locally is urgent. The documentary shows the protagonists’ grit as they attempt to carve a living without land ownership or capital.
64) Opuestos
Publisher
Vooks
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Who knew learning opposites could be so fun?! Or is he adorable? Follow along as cute characters parade through vibrant scenes.Published by Familius and created by artist Larissa Honsek, OPPOSITES combines immensely appealing clay figures with important concepts like differences and juxtaposition. The end result is fun and silly, engaging and informative! Young and old alike will find things to love in this adorable book.
65) Las Abogadas
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Follows four immigration attorneys over a multi-year odyssey as the U.S. government under President Trump upends every law meant to protect those fleeing from persecution, violence and war.From setting up a legal clinic in a Volkswagen bus in the middle of five thousand desperate migrants, to persuading border guards to follow the law and accept a blind woman into U.S. custody, to crossing the border to counsel African migrants stuck in Tijuana,...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
In 96 richly illustrated half-hour lectures you will survey the main concepts, methods, and discoveries in astronomy—from the constellations drawn by the ancients, to the latest reports from planetary probes in our Solar System and the most recent images offered by telescopes probing the farthest frontiers of space and time.
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Explores the life and times of cultural anthropologist Esther Newton. The film tells her story of awakening to gay life in the 1950’s, the women’s liberation movement and lesbian-feminism, drag culture, and forging a butch identity that for her is in conversation with trans-masculinity. Keenly attuned to the societal forces that shaped her life, Esther guides us through an anthropology of herself, a study influenced by her love for a sport –...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Beyond Mars lie the four gas giants: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Jupiter is the Solar System's largest planet by far. Its moons include Io, which is volcanically active, and Europa, which may have an ocean of liquid water below its frozen surface.
73) Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, 2nd Edition: Episode 21The Colors of Stars
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
The surface temperature of a star determines its apparent color. The hottest stars are bluish in color, and the coldest stars are reddish; stars at intermediate temperatures appear white. The Sun is a white star.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
According to legend, Newton saw a falling apple and realized that the force that pulled it toward Earth also pulled on the Moon, keeping it in its orbit. Building on the work of Kepler and Galileo, he revolutionized astronomy with his law of universal gravitation and laws of motion.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
The course ends on a philosophical note, with reflections on intelligent life in the cosmos and of our place in its grand structure. Perhaps the most astonishing thing about the Universe is that we are able to contemplate and understand it through systematic studies.
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Shaunak Sen’s ALL THAT BREATHES reinvents the environmental documentary by portraying, in incisive yet lyrical fashion, the reciprocal influence of animals and humans. For more than a year, Sen followed New Delhi brothers Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad as they rescued birds of prey from the increasingly destructive effects of urban pollution.
79) Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, 2nd Edition: Episode 7The Celestial Sphere
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
As Earth rotates on its axis and orbits the Sun, the night sky changes over a 24-hour period, as well as throughout the year. This lecture explains how to locate celestial bodies and why the sky appears different from place to place.