Engineering disasters
Chronicles over 40 of history's most devastating engineering failures, including the Exxon Valdez disaster to a nuclear meltdown at a secret governmetn facility, to the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. Uses state-of-the-art special effects to investigate not only what went wrong, but w...
| Corporate Author: | History Channel (Television network), New Video Group., Arts and Entertainment Network. |
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| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video,
c2008.
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| Series: |
Modern marvels
Modern marvels (Scholastic Inc.) Modern marvels (Television program) |
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| Summary: |
Chronicles over 40 of history's most devastating engineering failures, including the Exxon Valdez disaster to a nuclear meltdown at a secret governmetn facility, to the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. Uses state-of-the-art special effects to investigate not only what went wrong, but what can be learned from these disasters. The catastrophes recounted led to the creation of Superfund sites for the cleanup of toxic waste, improved safety standards for cars, planes, and ships; and new techniques for building roads, bridges, and buildings that will withstand nature's most destructive forces. |
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| Item Description: |
Originally broadcast on television as individual episodes between 1999 and 2006. |
| Physical Description: |
5 videodiscs (ca. 846 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
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DVD; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| ISBN: |
1422909530 (set) 9781422909539 (set) 1422909549 (disc 1) 9781422909546 (disc 1) 1422909557 (disc 2) 9781422909553 (disc 2) 1422909565 (disc 3) 9781422909560 (disc 3) 1422909573 (disc 4) 9781422909577 (disc 4) 1422909581 (disc 5) 9781422909584 (disc 5) |