This comprehensive 14-disc collector's set features the most popular episodes of the groundbreaking Modern Marvels series and covers a broad range of technological breakthroughs and advancements. From environmental catastrophes like the Salton Sea to military blunders like Patriot missle errors, from subway tunnel cave-ins to oil tanker psills, these shows outline in intricate detail the devasting effect of technology gone awry. There is also a complete...

This historical tour of the world's most fabled and famous tower begins with the engineer behind it, Gustave Eiffel. When it was first built, just over a century ago, it provoked outrage and ire. The challenges and breakthroughs of its construction are examined.

Stone by stone, uncover the mind-boggling truths behind the engineering marvels known as cathedrals - great testaments to faith that have remained virtually unchanged for over 900 years.

The documentary traces the history and ongoing evolution of the computer.

In April 2003, the new FBI Crime Lab was opened and dedicated to the memory of all crime victims. At 500,000 sq. ft. and equipped with the most modern equipment, it is considered one of the finest crime labs in the world. All the efforts are focused on using modern forensic science in order to solve crimes.

Travel the globe to explore the history and technology behind this ancient source of nutrition. Visit a farm with a milking parlor that looks more like a cow merry-go-round. Learn what pasteurization is really all about. Discover the menagerie of animals that provide milk and learn the many ways people put their efforts to use.

Throughout America, the 4th of July is a summer celebration of beaches, barbecues, and the birth of the nation, where parades march down Main Street and the night sky lights up with stunning fireworks displays. But how did these traditions begin?

Artistic longing, scientific curiosity, and financial gain were key to the invention of photography. Discusses the camera obscura and camera lucida as aids to drawing, early chemical discoveries necessary to make a photographic image permanent, and the role of inventors such as Joseph Niepce, Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, and Fox Talbot. Early images such as heliographs, shadowgraphs, Calotypes, Daguerrotypes and the related processes to create these...

Examines various kinds of gadgetry that appeared in James Bond films and discusses how they have effected technological innovation in the real world.