The human body : [videorecording - DVD] : the incredible journey from birth to death / presented by Robert Winston

By: Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: [s.l.] : BBC Worldwide, [2001]Description: 3 videodiscs (392 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s):
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Life story -- An everyday miracle -- First steps -- Raging teens -- Brain power -- As time goes by -- The end of life
Summary: The Human Body takes us on a journey from birth to death using time-lapse photography, computer graphics and various state-of-the-art imaging techniques to explore every aspect, every nook and crevice of the human body in its various stages of growth, maturity and eventual decay. Conception, toddlerhood, the awkward growing pains of adolescence, the incredibly complex workings of the brain (which burns up more energy than any other part of the human body, and finally death are vividly depicted and explained. The DVD edition includes a 50-minute feature on the making of the series and the background to the special effects used
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Multimedia Multimedia ATU Dublin Road Audio Visual Accompanying Media Missing 612 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available J134963
Multimedia Multimedia ATU Wellpark Road Audio Visual 612 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available J127396

The making of the original BBC series

Disc 3 - The making of the series only available with main campus copy

Life story -- An everyday miracle -- First steps -- Raging teens -- Brain power -- As time goes by -- The end of life

The Human Body takes us on a journey from birth to death using time-lapse photography, computer graphics and various state-of-the-art imaging techniques to explore every aspect, every nook and crevice of the human body in its various stages of growth, maturity and eventual decay. Conception, toddlerhood, the awkward growing pains of adolescence, the incredibly complex workings of the brain (which burns up more energy than any other part of the human body, and finally death are vividly depicted and explained. The DVD edition includes a 50-minute feature on the making of the series and the background to the special effects used

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