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  The Lie Detector

  Discover the story of the polygraph, the controversial device that transformed modern police work, seized headlines and was extolled as an infallible crime-fighting tool. A tale of good intentions, twisted morals and unintended consequences.

   

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  Earth Days

  A meditation on man’s complex relationship with nature and an engaging history of the revolutionary achievements and missed opportunities of eco-activism.

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  The Poison Squad

  The Poison Squad tells the story of government chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley who, determined to banish these dangerous substances from dinner tables, took on the powerful food manufacturers and their allies.

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  The Sun Queen (español)

  La científica Mária Telkes dedicó su carrera a aprovechar la energía del sol. Menospreciada por sus colegas, todos hombres, perseveró; diseñó con éxito la primera casa con calefacción solar en 1948 y obtuvo más de 20 patentes.

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  The Wizard of Photography | Article

  Key Figures in Eastman's Life

  Read about George Eastman's relationship with his mother, lover, professional acquaintances like Thomas Edision, and bussiness partners such as Henry Reichenbach, Henry Strong, William Stuber and William Walker.

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  The Telephone | Timeline

  Technology Timeline (1752-1990)

  From Benjamin Franklin's lightning rod to the Hubble Space Telescope, this timeline covers some of America's technological innovations and inventions.

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  The Sun Queen

  Scientist Mária Telkes dedicated her career to harnessing the power of the sun. Though undercut and thwarted by her male colleagues, she persevered to design the first successfully solar-heated house in 1948 and held more than 20 patents.

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  Mr. Miami Beach

  A master promoter, Carl Fisher created Miami Beach on a narrow spit of Florida swamp land, a tropical paradise of sand and palm trees, then masterminded a dazzling sales campaign. 

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  Reagan

  A passionate ideologue who preached a simple gospel of lower taxes, less government, and anti-communism, Ronald Reagan left the White House one of the most popular presidents of the 20th century — and one of the most controversial.

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  American Coup: Wilmington 1898

  The little-known story of a deadly 1898 race massacre and coup d’état in Wilmington, North Carolina, when white supremacists overthrew the multi-racial government of state’s largest city through a campaign of violence and intimidation.

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  The Man Who Tried to Feed the World (español)

  The Man Who Tried to Feed the World cuenta la historia del hombre que no solo resolvería el problema del hambre en la India, sino que lideraría una “Revolución Verde” en la agricultura mundial a través de programas que salvarían innumerables vidas.

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  Fidel Castro | Article

  Castro and the Cold War

  For four decades, Castro purposely stood at the center of the dangerous game played for political pre-eminence in the developing world.

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  Ripley: Believe It or Not | Article

  The Unbelievable Life of Robert Ripley

  Robert Ripley made a name for himself by asserting truth in the unbelievable. But some facts about his own life might be the oddest of all.

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  The Lobotomist

  In the 1940s Dr. Walter Freeman gained fame for perfecting the lobotomy, then hailed as a miracle cure for the severely mentally ill. But within a few years, lobotomy was labeled one of the most barbaric mistakes of modern medicine.

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  The Abolitionists

  Radicals. Agitators. Troublemakers. Liberators. Called by many names, the abolitionists tore the nation apart in order to create a more perfect union.

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  The Great War

  Discover how WWI transformed America through the stories of those whose participation in the war to “make the world safe for democracy” has been largely forgotten.

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  The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

  In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind.

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  Monkey Trial

  In 1925, a biology teacher named John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in defiance of Tennessee state law. His trial became an epic event of the twentieth century, a debate over free speech that spiraled into an all-out duel between science and religion.

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  God in America | Article

  God in the White House

  From Washington to Obama—the presidents' religious beliefs and their impact on politics.

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  The Wizard of Photography | Article

  George Eastman

  Read about Eastman's entrepreneurial endeavors, photography inventions, financial contributions, retirement and final years.