Summary: Using original source footage, this program examines several major disasters, including the space shuttle Challenger, and discusses the scientific principles behind the engineering failures. Analyzing each project, a professional engineer uses practical demonstrations to illustrate the miscalculations that cause bridges to collapse, the fuselage of planes to crack, and the roofs of a newly...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: To save the Leaning Tower of Pisa from further leaning and eventual collapse, the Italian government appointed a scientific committee to devise a solution. Filmed over three years, this classic program documents the engineering challenges and the committee's controversial answer to the structure's ongoing decline-the most fateful moment in the Tower's eight centuries of existence. Experts...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This chapter of the acclaimed series New York: A Documentary Film provides a powerful portrait of the events leading up to and following the 2001 terrorist attacks on September 11, reaching back to when the idea of a “world trade center” was first conceived and the towers were constructed. Filmmaker Ric Burns explores the physical, economic, and symbolic aftermath of the 9/11 attack - and what...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003