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The elements of Marie Curie : how the glow of radium lit a path for women in science / by Sobel, Dava,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."'Even now, nearly a century after her death, Marie Curie remains the only female scientist most people can name,' writes Dava Sobel at the opening of her shining portrait of the sole Nobel laureate decorated in two separate fields of science -- Physics in 1903 with her husband Pierre and Chemistry by herself in 1911. And yet, Sobel makes clear, as brilliant and creative as she was in the laboratory, Marie Curie was equally passionate outside it. Grieving Pierre's untimely death in 1906, she took his place as professor of physics at the Sorbonne; devotedly raised two brilliant daughters; drove a van she outfitted with x-ray equipment to the front lines of World War I; befriended Albert Einstein and other luminaries of twentieth-century physics; won support from two U.S. presidents; and inspired generations of young women the world over to pursue science as a way of life ... [Dava Sobel] approaches Marie Curie from a unique angle, narrating her remarkable life of discovery and fame alongside the women who became her legacy -- from France's Marguerite Perey, who discovered the element francium, and Norway's Ellen Gleditsch, to Mme. Curie's elder daughter, Irène, winner of the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. For decades the only woman in the room at international scientific gatherings that probed new theories about the interior of the atom, Marie Curie traveled far and wide, despite constant illness, to share the secrets of radioactivity, a term she coined. Her two triumphant tours of the United States won her admirers for her modesty even as she was mobbed at every stop; her daughters, in Ève's later recollection, 'discovered all at once what the retiring woman with whom they had always lived meant to the world.'"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.; Curie, Marie, 1867-1934; Chemical elements; Chemists; Mentoring in science; Physicists; Women chemists; Women physicists;

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Summer of soul [videorecording] : (... or, When the revolution could not be televised) / by Questlove,film director.; Dinerstein, David,film producer.; Fyvolent, Robert,film producer.; Jackson, Mahalia,1911-1972.; King, B. B.,on-screen participant.; Patel, Joseph,film producer.; Simone, Nina,1933-2003,on-screen participant.; Wonder, Stevie,on-screen participant.; 5th Dimension (Musical group),on-screen participant.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Gladys Knight and the Pips,on-screen participant.; Searchlight Pictures,production company.; Sly & the Family Stone (Musical group),on-screen participant.;

Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & The Family Stone, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Mahalia Jackson.In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary, part music film, part historical record, created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park). The footage was largely forgotten, until now. This documentary shines a light on the importance of history to our spiritual well-being and stands as a testament to the healing power of music during times of unrest, both past, and present. The feature includes concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, The 5th Dimension, and more.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for some disturbing images, smoking and brief drug material.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.

Subjects: Documentary films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Harlem Cultural Festival.; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; Popular music; Rhythm and blues music; Soul music;

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Wild minds : the artists and rivalries that inspired the golden age of animation / by Mitenbuler, Reid,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."In 1911, the famed cartoonist Winsor McCay debuted an animated version of his popular newspaper strip, Little Nemo in Slumberland. Loosely inspired by Sigmund Freud's research on dreams, the film was one of the very first of its kind. McCay is largely forgotten today, but his work helped unleash the creative energy of animators like Otto Messmer, Max Fleischer, Walt Disney, and Chuck Jones. Their origin stories, rivalries, and sheer genius, as Reid Mitenbuler skillfully relates, were as colorful and subversive as their creations-from Felix the Cat to Bugs Bunny to feature films such as Fantasia-which became an integral part of American culture over the next five decades. Before television, animated cartoons were often "little hand grenades of social and political satire" aimed squarely at adults. Early Betty Boop cartoons included nudity. Popeye stories slyly criticized the injustices of unchecked capitalism. Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner were used to explore hidden depths of the American psyche. "During its first half-century," Mitenbuler writes, "animation was an important part of the culture wars about free speech, censorship, the appropriate boundaries of humor, and the influence of art and media on society." During WWII it also played a significant role in propaganda. The golden age of animation ended with the advent of television when cartoons were sanitized to appeal to a growing demographic of children and help advertisers sell sugary breakfast cereals. Alongside these stories, Mitenbuler incorporates the surprising contributions of Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), voice artist Mel Blanc, composer Leopold Stokowski, and many others whose talents influenced the world of animation. Illustrated throughout in both black-and-white and color, with rare drawings and photographs, Wild Minds is an ode to our lively past and to the creative energy that would inspire The Simpsons, South Park, and BoJack Horseman today"--

Subjects: Animated films; Animated television programs; Animated films; Animated television programs;

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Madness : race and insanity in a Jim Crow asylum / by Hylton, Antonia,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."On a cold day in March of 1911, officials marched twelve Black men into the heart of a forest in Maryland. Under the supervision of a doctor, the men were forced to clear the land, pour cement, lay bricks, and harvest tobacco. When construction finished, they became the first twelve patients of the state's Hospital for the Negro Insane. For centuries, Black patients have been absent from our history books. Madness transports readers behind the brick walls of a Jim Crow asylum. In Madness, Peabody and Emmy award-winning journalist Antonia Hylton tells the 93-year-old history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the last segregated asylums with surviving records and a campus that still stands to this day in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. She blends the intimate tales of patients and employees whose lives were shaped by Crownsville with a decade-worth of investigative research and archival documents. Madness chronicles the stories of Black families whose mental health suffered as they tried, and sometimes failed, to find safety and dignity. Hylton also grapples with her own family's experiences with mental illness, and the secrecy and shame that it reproduced for generations. As Crownsville Hospital grew from an antebellum-style work camp to a tiny city sitting on 1,500 acres, the institution became a microcosm of America's evolving battles over slavery, racial integration, and civil rights. During its peak years, the hospital's wards were overflowing with almost 2,700 patients. By the end of the 20th-century, the asylum faded from view as prisons and jails became America's new focus. In Madness, Hylton traces the legacy of slavery to the treatment of Black people's bodies and minds in our current mental healthcare system. It is a captivating and heartbreaking meditation on how America decides who is sick or criminal, and who is worthy of our care or irredeemable"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Crownsville State Hospital; African Americans; African Americans; Mentally ill; Psychiatric hospitals; Racism in medicine.;

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Country music. [videorecording] : a film by Ken Burns / by Acuff, Roy,on-screen participant.; Autry, Gene,1907-1998,on-screen participant.; Burns, Ken,1953-film director,film producer.; Cash, Johnny,on-screen participant.; Charles, Ray,1918-2015,on-screen participant.; Cline, Patsy,1932-1963,on-screen participant.; Coyote, Peter,narrator.; Duncan, Dayton,screenwriter.; Flatt, Lester,on-screen participant.; Monroe, Bill,1911-1996,on-screen participant.; Presley, Elvis,1935-1977,on-screen participant.; Rodgers, Jimmie,1897-1933,on-screen participant.; Scruggs, Earl,on-screen participant.; Williams, Hank,1923-1953,on-screen participant.; Wills, Bob,1905-1975,on-screen participant.; Carter Family (Musical group),on-screen participant.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company,broadcaster.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.;

Edited by Erik Ewers, Craig Mellish, Ryan Gifford, Margaret Shepardson-Legere ; cinematography, Buddy Squires.Narrated by Peter Coyote ; featuring the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Gene Autry, Bob Wills, Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Patsy Cline, and others.Ken Burns chronicles the history of a uniquely American art form, rising from the experiences of remarkable people in distinctive regions of the nation. From its roots in ballads, hymns, and the blues to its mainstream popularity, meet the unforgettable characters and storytellers who made it 'America's Music.' Viewers will follow the evolution of country music over the course of the twentieth century as it eventually emerged to become America's music.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.

Subjects: Nonfiction television programs.; Television mini-series.; Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Country music;

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Country music. [videorecording] : a film by Ken Burns / by Acuff, Roy,on-screen participant.; Autry, Gene,1907-1998,on-screen participant.; Burns, Ken,1953-film director,film producer.; Cash, Johnny,on-screen participant.; Charles, Ray,1918-2015,on-screen participant.; Cline, Patsy,1932-1963,on-screen participant.; Coyote, Peter,narrator.; Duncan, Dayton,screenwriter.; Flatt, Lester,on-screen participant.; Monroe, Bill,1911-1996,on-screen participant.; Presley, Elvis,1935-1977,on-screen participant.; Rodgers, Jimmie,1897-1933,on-screen participant.; Scruggs, Earl,on-screen participant.; Williams, Hank,1923-1953,on-screen participant.; Wills, Bob,1905-1975,on-screen participant.; Carter Family (Musical group),on-screen participant.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company,broadcaster.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.;

Edited by Erik Ewers, Craig Mellish, Ryan Gifford, Margaret Shepardson-Legere ; cinematography, Buddy Squires.Narrated by Peter Coyote ; featuring the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Gene Autry, Bob Wills, Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Patsy Cline, and others.Ken Burns chronicles the history of a uniquely American art form, rising from the experiences of remarkable people in distinctive regions of the nation. From its roots in ballads, hymns, and the blues to its mainstream popularity, meet the unforgettable characters and storytellers who made it 'America's Music.' Viewers will follow the evolution of country music over the course of the twentieth century as it eventually emerged to become America's music.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.

Subjects: Nonfiction television programs.; Television mini-series.; Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Country music;

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