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Life and Death in the War Zone

Life and Death in the War Zone

Season 31 Episode 6
53:50
Origins: Earth is Born

Origins: Earth is Born

Season 31 Episode 11
51:52
Origins: How Life Began

Origins: How Life Began

Season 31 Episode 12
50:52
Origins: Where are the Aliens?

Origins: Where are the Aliens?

Season 31 Episode 13
53:31
Origins: Back to the Beginning

Origins: Back to the Beginning

Season 31 Episode 14
53:31
Einstein's Big Idea

Einstein's Big Idea

Season 32 Episode 13
1:49:01
Storm That Drowned a City

Storm That Drowned a City

Season 32 Episode 18
52:31
Forgotten Genius

Forgotten Genius

Season 34 Episode 3
1:52:42
Car of the Future

Car of the Future

Season 35 Episode 9
53:12
Doctors' Diaries

Doctors' Diaries

Season 36 Episode 8
1:42:48
Mind Over Money

Mind Over Money

Season 37 Episode 7
52:52
Deadliest Earthquakes

Deadliest Earthquakes

Season 38 Episode 1
53:05
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The Elegant Universe: Part 3

Season 30 Episode 14

Brian Greene shows how Edward Witten of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, aided by others, revolutionized string theory by successfully uniting the five different versions into a single theory that is cryptically named "M-theory," a development that requires a total of eleven dimensions.

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