Jeremy Clarkson hosts Inventions That Changed The World, a series which tells the stories behind some of the most significant inventions which have helped shape the world we live in today. Our daily lives are governed by inventions. From what we wear to the food we eat and our methods of travel – it’s all been invented or significantly altered by inventions. But sometimes an invention comes along that doesn’t just change the way we do things but changes the world.
The Betrayal by Technology: A Portrait of Jacques Ellul
Jacques Ellul was a French theologian/sociologist and anarchist. He first became well-known to American readers when his book The Technological Society was published in English in 1964. This book leveled a broad critique of technique, a term that means more than gadgets and machines – as the English word technology means. For Ellul, technique represented an entire way of life characterized by life fragmented so that efficiency ultimately rules over all ethical decisions.
Get the inside story on the state-of-the-art facility where the world’s best forensic experts ply their trade. Its beginnings can be traced to a disused lounge in 1932. But as forensic science took on an increasingly important role in crime fighting, the FBI devoted more and more resources to it. Today, the FBI’s Crime Lab is housed in a brand-new, $150 million facility on their Quantico campus.
From the humble origins to the top floor of the new building, MODERN MARVELS® traces the history of the FBI’s forensic operations. In-depth features highlight some of the most important departments, like Firearms, DNA and Fingerprints, and analysis of case files bring their triumphs to life.
The Large Hadron Collider promises to recreate the conditions right after the Big Bang. By revisiting the beginning of time, scientists hope to unravel some of the deepest secrets of our Universe. Within these first few moments the building blocks of the Universe were created. The search for these fundamental particles has occupied scientists for decades but there remains one particle that has stubbornly refused to appear in any experiment.
In fighting file sharing, the entertainment industry is fighting the fundamental structure of the Internet. Steal This Film is a film series documenting the movement against intellectual property and was a talking point in the British Documentary Festival. Part One, produced in Sweden and released in 2006, takes account of the prominent players in the Swedish piracy culture: The Pirate Bay, Piratbyran, and the Pirate Party.
Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson understood “The Monster”. But to most Americans today, Federal Reserve is just a name on...
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