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Nobelity A Look at the Future Through the Eyes of Nobel Laureates
Title
Nobelity [electronic resource (video)] : A Look at the Future Through the Eyes of Nobel Laureates / Monterey Home Video (Firm).
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], c2005.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (84 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on December 21, 2011.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Who should we believe in the debate over global warming? Will there be enough food and energy for a growing world? Can we conquer disease, hunger, poverty and war, or will they conquer us? What can I do to make the world a better place? Nobelity - a stunning look at the world's most pressing problems through the eyes of nine Nobel Laureates - follows filmmaker Turk Pipkin's personal journey to find enlightening answers about the kind of world our children and grandchildren will know. Filmed in the United States, France, England, India, and Africa and featuring Steven Weinberg, Jody Williams, Ahmed Zewail, Rick Smalley, Wangari Maathai, Sir Joseph Rotblat, Dr. Harold Varmus, Desmond Tutu, and Amartya Sen.
Variant and related titles
Look at Future Through Eyes of Nobel Laureates
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: Monterey Home Video (Firm), 2005.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
11 & up.
Contents
Introduction (1:07)
World's Problems (2:27)
Steve Weinberg (1:48)
Weinberg on Global Warming (1:46)
Rick Smalley on the Energy Problem (2:43)
Smalley on Solar Energy (2:40)
Considering World's Problems (1:37)
Harold Varmus (1:39)
HIV and Africa (3:15)
America's Insufficient Spending (2:14)
Jody Williams on Glorifying War (1:27)
Landmines (2:11)
Anti-Landmine Treaty (1:58)
One Person Making Difference (1:41)
Ahmed Zewail (1:41)
Zewail and Egypt (1:44)
Zewail on Snapshot Photography (2:26)
Zewail on Science, Islam and Tolerance (2:39)
Paris (2:18)
Environment, War and Poverty (2:41)
Greenbelt Movement (1:26)
African Empowerment (2:02)
Kenya, Culture and Nature (1:10)
Joseph Rotblat and Nuclear War (1:56)
Nuclear Weapons Still a Problem (2:19)
Threat and Possible Abolition of Nukes (2:16)
Calcutta (2:34)
Travels Through India (3:24)
Amartya Sen (1:18)
Sen on Hunger and Disease (2:16)
Rise of Women (1:37)
Reason and Optimism (1:01)
Child Mortality (2:00)
Rational Pursuit of Change (1:49)
Action and World Problems (2:19)
Love (2:07)
Desmond Tutu on Human Family (1:42)
God Not on Our Side (3:03)
Simple but Challenging Task (1:59)
Dedication & Credits: Nobelity: A Look at the Future Through the Eyes of Nobel Laureates (4:41)
Videorecording number
44830 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
Monterey Home Video (Firm).
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