See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A132073 . Episode 590, The Enchanted Isles, from the California Academy of 'Science in Action' television program; features guest scientist Dr. Robert I. Bowman (Professor of Biology, San Francisco State College) and the animal of the week is a . The episode is about a journey to the world's most famous living laboratory of evolution‚ the Galapagos.
Topics: californiarevealed, Natural history--Galapagos Islands, Bowman, Robert I.
Source: 16mm film: 1 Reel of 1
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A132078 . Episode 624, The Flowering Desert, from the California Academy of 'Science in Action' television program; features guest scientist Dr. George E. Lindsay (Director, California Academy of Sciences) and the animal of the week is a . The episode is about the realm of rare and unusual plants and flowers.
Topics: californiarevealed, Botany, Lindsay, George E. (George Edmund), 1916-2002
Source: 16mm film: 2 Reels of 2
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A132049 . Episode 186, The Third "R", from the California Academy of 'Science in Action' television program; features guest scientist Dr. Everett Calhoun (Stanford Research Institute) and the animal of the week is a praying mantis. The episode is about the story of the science of numbers from the invention of zero to modern 'electronic brain' computing...
Topics: californiarevealed, Mathematics, Stanford Research Institute
Source: 16mm film: 1 Reel of 1
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A132076 . Episode 616, Test Pilot, from the California Academy of 'Science in Action' television program; features guest scientist Colonel Joseph F. Cotton (Test Pilot, U.S. Air Force) and the animal of the week is a . The episode is about the scientists who stand at the very edge of space exploration.
Topics: californiarevealed, Test pilots, United States. Air Force
Source: 16mm film: 1 Reel of 1
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A132056 . Episode 408, The Story of Wine, from the California Academy of 'Science in Action' television program; features guest scientist Dr. Maynard Amerine (UC Davis) and the animal of the week is a elephant trunk snake. The episode is about how science has brought this great industry, one of the world's oldest, to its present state.
Topics: californiarevealed, Wine, Amerine, Maynard A. (Maynard Andrew), 1911-1998
Source: 2 inch videotape: Quadruplex: 1 Tape of 1
Episode 400, "Man in Africa" of the California Academy of Sciences' television program 'Science in Action'. The development of man from the cradle of civilization to the present day; features guest scientist Dr. Marston Bates, Dept. of Zoology, University of Michigan; the animal of the week is waltzing and pirouetting mice.
Topics: Bates, Marston, People--Africa
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A132075 . Episode 597, Firefighters, from the California Academy of 'Science in Action' television program; features guest scientist William F. Murray (Chief, San Francisco Fire Department) and the animal of the week is a . The episode is about scientific training pays off when the alarm is sounded against human error and carelessness.
Topics: californiarevealed, Firefighters, San Francisco (Calif.). Fire Department
Source: 16mm film: 1 Reel of 1
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A132055 . Episode 373, Age of Vertical Flight, from the California Academy of 'Science in Action' television program; features guest scientist Stanley Hiller Jr. and the animal of the week is a . The episode is about famous young aviation authority, Stanley Hiller, Jr., demonstrates the newest accomplishments in air transport and their promise for future development.
Topics: californiarevealed, Flight, Hiller, Stanley
Source: 16mm film: 1 Reel of 1
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A132062 . Episode 473, Disappearing Resources, from the California Academy of 'Science in Action' television program; features guest scientist Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus (U.S. Science Exhibit, Seattle World's Fair; Univ. of Minnesota) and the animal of the week is a jaguar. The episode is about one of the least discussed yet the most vital of contemporary problems is the...
Topics: californiarevealed, Natural resources, Spilhaus, Athelstan
Source: 2 inch videotape: Quadruplex: 1 Tape of 1
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A132077 . Episode 619, Safari for Science, from the California Academy of 'Science in Action' television program; features guest scientist Dr. Edward S. Ross (Curator, Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences) and the animal of the week is a . The episode is about a scientist as he collects and classifies specimens for a monograph.
Topics: californiarevealed, Entomologists, Ross, Edward S. (Edward Shearman), 1915-2016
Source: 16mm film: 1 Reel of 1
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A132065 . Episode 507, The Oceans, from the California Academy of 'Science in Action' television program; features guest scientist Dr. Robert Fisher and the animal of the week is a alligator snapping turtles. The episode is about Dr. Robert Fischer, Director of the International Oceanographic Expedition, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, tells of new and...
Topics: californiarevealed, Oceanography--Research, Fisher, Robert L. (Robert Lloyd), 1925-
Source: 2 inch videotape: Quadruplex: 1 Tape of 1
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A132068 . Episode 532, The Nobel Prize, from the California Academy of 'Science in Action' television program; features guest scientist Dr. Linus Pauling (Nobel Prize for Chemistry, 1954; Nobel Peace Prize, 1962) and the animal of the week is a marine turtles: loggerhead, green and hawksbill. The episode is about its history and its meanings in the light of today's...
Topics: californiarevealed, Nobel Prizes, Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994
Source: 16mm film: 1 Reel of 1
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A132057 . Episode 411, Language Translation Machines, from the California Academy of 'Science in Action' television program; features guest scientist Dr. Gilbert King (International Business Machines Research Center) and the animal of the week is a porcupine. The episode is about new electronic equipment that translates from Russian and French into English.
Topics: californiarevealed, Computers, International Business Machines Corporation
Source: 2 inch videotape: Quadruplex: 1 Tape of 1
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A132072 . Episode 580, The Chicken and the Egg, from the California Academy of 'Science in Action' television program; features guest scientist Dr. Fredric W. Hill (Professor and Chairman, Poultry Husbandry, University of California, Davis) and the animal of the week is a . The episode is about The historical background on a highly specialized agricultural industry...
Topics: californiarevealed, Chicken industry, Hill, Fredric W.
Source: 16mm film: 1 Reel of 1
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A132052 . Episode 341, Dead Sea Scrolls, from the California Academy of 'Science in Action' television program; features guest scientist Dr. Jack Finegan (Pacific School of Religion) and the animal of the week is a goldfishes. The episode is about one of the greatest archeological finds in the history of the Christian era.
Topics: californiarevealed, Dead Sea scrolls, Finegan, Jack, 1908-2000
Source: 2 inch videotape: Quadruplex: 1 Tape of 1
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A132059 . Episode 457, Beekeeping/The Amazing Honeybee, from the California Academy of 'Science in Action' television program; features guest scientist Dr. John Eckert (UC, Davis) and the animal of the week is a . The episode is about A close look at the behavior pattern and biology of the bee; and modern techniques in the management of this valuable insect.
Topics: californiarevealed, Bee culture, Eckert, John Edward, 1895-
Source: 2 inch videotape: Quadruplex: 1 Tape of 1
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A132050 . Episode 187, Seashore Survival, from the California Academy of 'Science in Action' television program; features guest scientist Dr. Rolf Bolin (Stanford University) and the animal of the week is a California sea lion. The episode is about will show how marine animals combat the forces of nature and compete with each other for food and survival.
Topics: californiarevealed, Marine animals, Bolin, Rolf L. (Rolf Ling), 1901-1973
Source: 16mm film: 1 Reel of 1
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A132061 . Episode 466, Computer Ears, from the California Academy of 'Science in Action' television program; features guest scientist William C. Dersch (International Business Machines) and the animal of the week is a . The episode is about demonstrations and structure of the new experimental, shoe-box size device which responds to spoken commands.
Topics: californiarevealed, Computers, International Business Machines Corporation
Source: 2 inch videotape: Quadruplex: 1 Tape of 1
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A132064 . Episode 501, Miracle of Magnetic Tape, from the California Academy of 'Science in Action' television program; features guest scientist Arthur H. Housman and Alexander M. Poniatoff (Ampex Guest Scientist) and the animal of the week is a . The episode is about the application of the recording principle to the field of audio and television and its role in...
Topics: californiarevealed, Magnetic tapes, Ampex Corporation
Source: 2 inch videotape: Quadruplex: 1 Tape of 1
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A132071 . Episode 578, African Wildlife, from the California Academy of 'Science in Action' television program; features guest scientist Dr. A. Starker Leopold (Professor of Zoology, UC and President of the California Academy of Sciences) and the animal of the week is a . The episode is about a panorama of one continent's rich heritage in animal life. Discussion...
Topics: californiarevealed, Animals--Africa, Leopold, A. Starker (Aldo Starker), 1913-1983
Source: 16mm film: 2 Reels of 2
