The following DVDs are available for checkout from the front desk. Put the DVD in the slot on the left side of the iMac monitor. Use the F7 - F12 keys on the keyboard to control the video and sound. These DVDs were provided with support from Metanexus Institute and Southern Nazarene University. The DVDs do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints of either institution.

List of DVDs and links to descriptions

• Creation of the Universe
• Evolution (Series)
• Family That Walks on All Fours
• Flock of Dodos
• Origins

Creation of the Universe
Original PBS Broadcast Date: November 20, 1984 [Note: The science in this 1984 DVD/Video is a bit dated, but the video is still compelling]
Join leading scientists as they turn up clues to the origin of the universe, exploring today's most exciting and far-reaching theories. Could the universe have appeared spontaneously out of a perfect vacuum? Spectacular special effects and animation dramatize the birth of the universe. Nobel Prize-winner Carlo Rubbia, Murray Gell-Man and world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking explain their complex theories in easy-to-follow terms. [From http://www.shoppbs.org]

Evolution
Original PBS Broadcast Date: September 24 - 27, 2001
The Evolution project's eight-hour television miniseries travels the world to examine evolutionary science and the profound effect it has had on society and culture. From the genius and torment of Charles Darwin to the scientific revolution that spawned the tree of life, from the power of sex to drive evolutionary change to the importance of mass extinctions in the birth of new species, the Evolution series brings this fascinating process to life. The series also explores the emergence of consciousness, the origin and success of humans, and the perceived conflict between science and religion in understanding life on Earth.

For a detailed listing of each show, click here.
Accompanying Website (very extensive): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/

Family That Walks on All Fours
Original PBS Broadcast Date: November 14, 2006
An intense scientific debate has ignited around a quiet but extraordinary family living in rural Turkey-a family with five adults who walk on all fours. Since bipedalism has long been considered one of the defining characteristics of modern humans, such a discovery raises fascinating questions about genetics, society, and the evolutionary history of our species. Is this the anthropological find of the millennium, or simply a unique medical case? NOVA sets out to unravel the controversy and meet the individuals who have captured the imagination of scientists around the world. [Adapted from www.pbs.org]

Accompanying Website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/allfours/

Flock of Dodos
Flock of Dodos is a documentary film by American evolutionary biologist and filmmaker Randy Olson. It examines the disagreements that proponents of intelligent design have with the overwhelming scientific consensus position of evolution. The evolutionarily famous dodo is a now-extinct bird that lived on the Island of Mauritius [near Madagascar]. It failed to change with an evolving environment, which ultimately led to the birds' demise. The film attempts to determine who the real "dodos" are in a constantly evolving world: the scientists who are failing to promote evolution as a scientifically accepted fact, the intelligent design advocates, or the American public who get fooled by the salesmanship of [ID proponents such as] the Discovery Institute. While Randy Olson ultimately sides with the scientists who accept evolution, he gives equal air time to both sides of the argument. [Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flock_of_Dodos]

Accompanying Website: http://www.flockofdodos.com/

Origins
Original PBS Broadcast Date: Sunday, January 11, 1998
Origins in a two hour video hosted by Charles Osgood, charts the quest for beginnings -- of our planet, our species, and life itself. How and when did the Earth form? What monumental forces could set entire continents in motion, build mountains, and trigger earthquakes? How could life have begun on a lifeless planet? From planetessimals to plate tectonics, Darwin to DNA, "Lucy" to "Eve," Origins explores the myriad, earth-shattering, and often mind-boggling discoveries of geologists, biologists, paleoanthropologists, and others that have led to some of the most contentious -- and exciting -- theories of modern science.

The earthquake that shatters San Francisco in 1906 opens a century of explosive discoveries and debates in the earth sciences. See the Earth through the eyes of Alfred Wegener, who struggles to convince the scientific establishment that continents move. Watch as radiodating techniques increase Earth's estimated age - sometimes inspiring skepticism if not outrage. Meanwhile, a parallel upheaval rumbles the life sciences, where new evidence of our primate ancestors and the discovery of DNA's structure stir up controversies of their own. Ancient fossils and living cells give up their secrets to change our view of our species and the mechanics of life.

Highlights include: Age and origins of the Earth. Volcanoes. Earthquakes. Alfred Wegener. Continental drift. Harry Hess. Plate tectonics. The Himalayas. The formation of mountains. Religion, myth, and science. Human origins. The Scopes trial. The legacy of Charles Darwin. Mutation and adaptation. Paleoanthropology. Louis and Mary Leakey. Donald Johanson and "Lucy." Primordial soup. DNA. Origins of life. [Adapted from http://docuwiki.net/]