Discover how scientist Mária Telkes, architect Eleanor Raymond, and philanthropist Amelia Peabody created the world’s first solar-powered house in Dover, Massachusetts, in 1948. Find Classroom Resource at PBS LearningMedia
Inventor Mária Telkes wanted women scientists to reach for the sun.
The first modern house to be heated by nothing but the sun was designed by Mária Telkes.
Watch a preview of The Sun Queen.
How Mária Telkes and her radical design modeled a new future.
Unsung scientist Mária Telkes dedicated her career to harnessing the power of the sun.
Watch a preview of Fatal Flood.
In 1927, the Mississippi River flooded from New Orleans to Illinois, leaving a million people homeless.
Story of the man who would go on to lead a “Green Revolution” of worldwide agriculture.
Plant scientist Norman Borlaug pioneered “shuttle breeding” which sped up the wheat breeding process.
Raj Patel on how one plant breeder’s breakthrough became a tool of American foreign policy.
Danielle Nierenberg discusses how the renowned agronomist's revolution wasn’t so green after all.
