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Aliens : The Big Think
Title
Aliens : The Big Think / BBC.
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : BBC, [2016]
Distribution
New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2017.
Copyright Notice Date
©2016
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (1 video file (50 min., 40 sec)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Originally released by BBC, 2016.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 25, 2017.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
This episode of The Inside View features Britain’s Royal Astronomer, Lord Martin Rees, as he asks whether we’ll ever find aliens with similar biology to our own. Lord Rees, along with other astrobiology experts, assesses the remarkable recent advances made in this area. Are we really alone? Or are there others out there? And, if so, what do they look like?
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
9 - 12, Academic/AP
Contents
Aliens: Introduction (3:53); Either We Are Alone in the Universe or We Are Not... (5:19); A Blade of Grass is a Commonplace on Earth... (11:36); If ET's Not Out There, Then Earth is More than Merely Special... (12:34); I Believe Alien Life is Quite Common in the Universe... (6:07); The Surest Sign that Intelligent Life Exists Elsewhere... (5:20); To Expect Alien Technology to Be Just a Few Decades Ahead of Ours... (4:40); Credits: Aliens: The Big Think (0:36);
Videorecording number
138553 Infobase
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Infobase, film distributor.
BBC (Firm)
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