Beyond Science?
What is science fact and what is science fiction? Beyond Science, a part of the PBS Scientific American Frontiers series, explores the topics that go beyond the realm of science: the phenomenon that are nearly impossible to examine in a rigorous scientific way. A provocative behind-the-scenes look a...
| Other Authors: | Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2011], c1997.
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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (60 min.) : sd., col., digital file. |
| Series: |
PBS Scientific American Frontier series.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Beyond Science (0:50)
- Sponsors: Beyond Science? (0:36)
- Palm Reading Set-Up (2:41)
- Why People Believe in the Irrational (2:10)
- Dowsing for Water (2:43)
- Dowsing Test (2:54)
- Learning to Dowse (1:55)
- Dowser Gets No Response (2:26)
- Dowser Doubters (2:21)
- Faking Alien Autopsies (2:48)
- What Happened in Roswell (3:01)
- Debunking Roswell (2:59)
- Conspiracy Theories (2:44)
- Free Energy (2:46)
- Harnessing "Free" Energy (1:22)
- Physicists Assessments of Zero-Point Energy (2:27)
- The Zero-Point Energy Age? (1:30)
- Handwriting Analysis (2:20)
- Handwriting as a "Mind Print" (3:17)
- Comparing Psychology to Graphology (1:44)
- Graphology as Pseudoscience (1:35)
- Therapeutic Touch (2:35)
- Scientifically Studying Therapeutic Touch (2:09)
- Putting Touch Therapists to the Test (1:44)
- Science's Safeguard: The Scientific Method (1:01)
- Additional Resources, Sponsors, & Credits (1:26)