Class Welcome Video (a short introduction to the class)
Here are some video (and audio) clips from a number of science fiction
movies and other sources which help illustrate ideas from the class.
Most of these are in real media format (filename.rm). You will need
a Real Media Player. This is available from http://www.real.com/realone
. Note, the FREE Realone Player Only is all you need.
Some of the course videos may work (poorly) over a modem but you should
really have a broad band connection. If you have problems viewing
the videos send email to mailto:horowit@indiana.edu.
Class
Welcome Video (a short introduction to the class)
2001 A Space Odyssey (about alien machines that shepard the evolution of Man and his intelligence)
The Andromeda Strain (about an alien plague)
Armageddon (about saving the Earth from a colliding comet)
Creation of the Universe (Scientists discuss the big bang)
Contact (about the discovery of a radio signal from extraterrestrials)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (about a visit from extraterrestrials)
Deep Impact (about the collision of a comet with Earth)
Destionation Mars (about a manned mission to Mars)
Jurrasic Park (about recreating dinosaurs from old DNA)
Kennedy starting the Moon Race (some short clips from JFK's speaches calling to land a man on the Moon and return him to Earth by 1970, note poor video quality)
The Martian Chronicles (famous science fiction by R. Bradbury about Man's first cantact with Martians)
Mission to Mars (about a mission that discovers an ancient Martian civilization)
On to Mars (Mars Society 1/2 hour video about why we should go to Mars and what they are doing on earth to get ready. The Mars Society was started by Robert Zubrin to popularize going to Mars.)
War of the Worlds --Audio (famous radio play about Martian invaders)
War of the Worlds --Video (movie about Martian invaders)
When Worlds Collide (about the collision of a star with Earth and a rocket journey to collonize another planet)
Science
Shows (These are hour long videos from public televisison or NASA related
to the class)