The four-winged dinosaur
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
[Boston] : WGBH Boston Video, [2008].
Format
DVD
ISBN
9781593758226, 1593758227
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
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Published
[Boston] : WGBH Boston Video, [2008].
Language
English
ISBN
9781593758226, 1593758227
UPC
783421424791
Notes
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Special features: Printable materials for educators; access to the Nova Website.
Participants/Performers
Narrated by Lance Lewman.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally broadcast as segments of the television program Nova on February 26, 2008.
Description
In 2002, the discovery of a beautiful and bizarre fossil astonished scientists and reignited the debate over the origin of flight. With four wings and superbly preserved feathers, the 130 million-year-old creature was like nothing paleontologists had ever seen before. In this program, Nova travels to the Chinese stone quarry where the fossil was discovered - a famed fossil treasure-trove - and teams up with the world's leading figures in paleontology, biomechanics, aerodynamics, animation, and scientific reconstruction to perform an unorthodox experiment: a wind tunnel flight test of a scientific replica of the ancient oddity. Dubbed Microraptor, the crow-sized fossil is one of the smallest dinosaurs ever found and one of the most controversial, challenging conventional theories and assumptions about the evolution of flight.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Language
Closed-captioned; Described video.
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bernards Township Library - Adult Media - Video | DVD 567.918 FOU | Available |
| Rockaway Township Library - Adult Media | DVD 568 | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Birds of prey.
Dinosaurs.
Documentary television programs.
Educational television programs.
Microraptor.
Paleontology -- China -- Liaoning Sheng.
Paleontology -- Cretaceous.
Science television programs.
Television programs.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Wings (Anatomy)
Dinosaurs.
Documentary television programs.
Educational television programs.
Microraptor.
Paleontology -- China -- Liaoning Sheng.
Paleontology -- Cretaceous.
Science television programs.
Television programs.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Wings (Anatomy)
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Davis, M., & Lewman, L. (2008). The four-winged dinosaur . WGBH Boston Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Davis, Mark and Lance. Lewman. 2008. The Four-winged Dinosaur. WGBH Boston Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Davis, Mark and Lance. Lewman. The Four-winged Dinosaur WGBH Boston Video, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Davis, Mark., and Lance Lewman. The Four-winged Dinosaur WGBH Boston Video, 2008.
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