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Examines what happens when engineers get their calculations wrong.

Modern Marvels

Engineering Disasters

A look up at the symbol of the American Century - the skyscraper; the construction of which is a triumph of engineering and capitalism; climb to the top of the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Sears Tower, and World Trade Center.

History of Tall Buildings

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Visionaries enlarge, reinforce and motorize balloons and blimps, giving birth to the airship; 161 rigid airships are built before spectacular crashes, including the Hindenburg disaster, put an end to the era.

Airships

Through rain, snow, heat, or gloom of night, we expect postmen to deliver the mail; the U.S. Post Office handles over 603-million pieces of mail daily; yet it represents only 43% of the world's total mail volume.

Mail Delivery: Erasing the Miles

Celebrate the ingenuity and imagination found in the world around us. 24/7 episodes of Modern Marvels, television's most innovative series.

The ability to transmit sound in stereo transformed the music of life into a rich symphony of sound; for over 100 years, enthusiasts and scientists have worked to create the ideal listening experience; we examine this multi-billion dollar business.

Stereos

Plastics are everywhere: the home, the workplace, the car, the human body, outer space, and most conspicuously, the garbage heap and landfill; join us as we review this protean substance's past and future.

Plastics

A study of the discoveries, inventions and technological advances that have helped us understand and predict weather; from observations made by early humans, to Doppler radar and satellite imaging, we'll see how man has tried to harness weather.

Weather Predictions

From the earliest recorded account of an amputation and subsequent prosthesis in ancient Hindu writings, to today's use of plastics and space-age materials, we chronicle the long history of prosthetic devices.

Prosthetics

To run faster, jump higher and play longer - the ultimate goal of all athletes; when training runs its course, science and technology jump in; explore the history and technological advances in everything from athletic shoes to football gear.

Sports Technology: Equipment

In 1941, penicillin was first used to save human life; now, bacteria has emerged resistant to every known antibiotic and scientists have begun to fear that the era of the wonder drugs is near to its end.

Antibiotics: The Wonder Drugs

A visit to the United States Mint and the Bureau of Printing and Engraving to see the secretive government facilities where the legal tender is generated; with a storied past as tantalizing as the wealth they create, these mints can spit fortunes.

U.S. Mints: Money Machines

From ancient solutions to the development of modern water and sewer services, plumbing helped to make civilization possible.

Plumbing: The Arteries of Civilization

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