How we got to now
by
 
Lovering, Peter, producer.

Title
How we got to now

Author
Lovering, Peter, producer.
 
Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009. producer.
 
Root, Jane, 1957- producer.
 
Johnson, Steven, 1968- on-screen presenter, producer.
 
Petterle, Diene, producer.
 
Stacey, Nic, director, producer.
 
Jones, Julian, director, producer.
 
Olding, Paul, 1973- director, producer.
 
Nutopia (Firm), production company.
 
Oregon Public Broadcasting, production company.
 
British Broadcasting Corporation, production company.
 
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.
 
PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

Summary
Join best-selling author Steven Johnson to hear extraordinary stories behind remarkable ideas that made modern life possible, the unsung heroes who brought them about, and the unexpected and bizarre consequences each of these innovations triggered.

Audience
TV parental guidelines rating: Not rating.

General Note
Documentary.
 
Title from container.
 
Originally produced as episodes of the television series: How we got to now.
 
"Includes bonus interview with host Steven Johnson!"--Container.

Edition
Widescreen.

Contents
Clean -- Time -- Glass -- Light -- Cold -- Sound.

Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre
Feature films.
 
Science television programs.
 
Educational television programs.
 
Documentary television programs.
 
Nonfiction television programs.
 
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
 
Nonfiction films.

Subject Term
Technology -- Social aspects.
 
Technology -- History.
 
Technological innovations -- Social aspects.
 
Technological innovations -- History.
 
Inventions -- Social aspects.
 
Inventions -- History.
 
Inventors.
 
Sanitary engineering -- Social aspects.
 
Sanitary engineering -- History.
 
Public health -- Social aspects.
 
Public health -- History.
 
Time measurements -- Social aspects.
 
Time measurements -- History.
 
Glass -- Social aspects.
 
Glass -- History.
 
Electric lighting -- Social aspects.
 
Electric lighting -- History.
 
Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery -- Social aspects.
 
Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery -- History.
 
Air conditioning -- Social aspects.
 
Air conditioning -- History.
 
Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- Social aspects.
 
Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- History.

Author(s)
Lovering, Peter,
 
Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009.
 
Root, Jane, 1957-
 
Johnson, Steven, 1968-
 
Petterle, Diene,
 
Stacey, Nic,
 
Jones, Julian,
 
Olding, Paul, 1973-

Added Corporate Author
Nutopia (Firm),
 
Oregon Public Broadcasting,
 
British Broadcasting Corporation,
 
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),
 
PBS Distribution (Firm),

Publisher
PBS,
 
PBS Distribution,

Electronic Access
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Publication Date
2014

ISBN
9781627890366

Publication Information
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2014]
 
[Arlington, Virginia?] : PBS Distribution, [2014]
 
©2014

Call Number
DVD 338 HOWWEGO


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