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List Price: $44.95
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Manufacturer: A&E Home Video (New REleaset)
Starring: History Channel
Directed By: Douglas Cohen (II)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: A&E
EAN: 0733961109474
Format: Box set
Label: A&E Home Video (New REleaset)
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video (New REleaset)
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: A&E Home Video (New REleaset)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-10-14
Running Time: 846
Studio: A&E Home Video (New REleaset)
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Editorial Reviews:
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We once considered ourselves to be at the center of the universe now we know that we are just a small spec in a giant cosmos. This season, HISTORY® ventures outsides of our solar system in another epic exploration of the universe and its mysteries. With strikingly realistic computer re-creations, you ll feel like you ve traveled to the edge of the unknown: visit strange and unfamiliar worlds in Exoplanets, prepare for the worst in Cosmic Collisions, and uncover the secrets of our own galaxy, the Milky Way. And that s just the beginning... learn exactly what Dark Matter is and how it takes up 95% of the universe; take a front-row seat for the ultimate light show with Supernovas; and while most people have heard of black holes (which swallow all matter that they come in contact with), find out more about White Holes which actually create matter.
Episodes Include:
Alien Planets
Cosmic Holes
Mysteries of the Moon
The Milky Way
Alien Moons
Dark Matter
Astrobiology
Space Travel
Supernovas
Constellations
Unexplained Mysteries
Cosmic Collisions
Colonizing Space
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Customer Rating:
Summary: If nothing else, this DVD provides great visuals.
Comment: First off, please note, I don't have cable and have never seen this program on television before but when Amazon suggested it in my Recommendations I went ahead and ordered it, series unseen. Whereas there can sometimes be contradictions in the facts (one person says there are 100 billion stars in our galaxy...another says there are 400 billion) overall the amount and variety of information and topics covered is extremely well done. I have bought seasons 1 and 2 now and am looking forward to the release of season 3. Shoot, I've been thinking of getting a blu-ray player just so I can start ordering series like this in blu-ray. If nothing else, I like to just put a disc on...mute the tv...put on some great music...and use the program as an excellent source for beautifully stunning visuals. At this point, I love this series.
P.s. I also like the steelbook casing since it seems much sturdier than the usual cardboard/plastic ones.
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Summary: Entertaining and Great Looking
Comment: This is the second season of one of the best science programs from the History channel.
It presents the science accurately and in detail and gives you an excellent overview of astronomy and cosmology.
More importantly, it captures the excitement of scientific discovery better than most science video. You get an inside look at the process of discovery.
Get a copy of this series. You will want to watch it again and again.
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Summary: Great Gift for the Science lover
Comment: I bought this for my Dad ... he loved it!!
I watched it with him ... very well done, and interesting !!!
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Summary: In depth
Comment: If you liked the first season, you will enjoy this one also. It breaks the various chapters down quite well without too much repetition which you would expect in a lecture mode. This documentary draws enough analogies to relate to the layman. sometimes the Jazzed up music detracts somewhat from the seriousness of the material. For that any BBC production wins hands down. I would also like the History Channel production to be more broadminded and global in their coverage. Too much coverage on discoveries and talks from inside the USA. Is there no groundbreaking astronomy conducted anywhere else on the globe?
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Summary: Complete perfectly season 1
Comment: The season two of the History Channel serie completes perfectly the season one. The only regret, for me as a non English speaking viewer, is that there is no subtitles, even closed captioned as written by mistake on the Amazon.com website. But the whole pictures and special effects are wonderful, and the scientists speeches are perfectly understandable by foreigners. For all those interested by astronomy, it's a must to buy, like the season one.
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