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31. The importance of accepting or rejecting Darwin's theory (29:13)

Date:: 1957
Summary:: Reviews the evidence on both sides and discusses the importance of the issue of accepting or rejecting Darwin's theory. Discusses the evidence in support of the conception that man is different in...

32. The Earth Satellite: Part 1 (14:04)

Date:: 1957
Summary:: Explains centrifugal force and its relationship to the establishment of an earth satellite. Shows the three-stage missile and the part it might play in the formation of a satellite. Outlines variou...

33. The Earth Satellite: Part 2 (14:10)

Date:: 1957
Summary:: Discusses some of the problems related to the recovery of a multi-stage rocket used to establish and maintain an earth satellite. Describes the recovery, by parachute or glider technique, of the fi...

34. Space Highways (14:52)

Date:: 1957
Summary:: Discusses naviagational routes in space travel. Describes parabolas, hyperbolas and ellipses as the curves that will be traced by airships coasting in planetary and solar gravitational fields.

35. Art as a common human possession (28:47)

Date:: 1957
Summary:: Discusses the nature of art and its role in human life. Points out the difference in science, art, and prudence, and compares the way in which all things come into being--natural generation, artist...

36. The Nature of Government (29:32)

Date:: 1957
Summary:: Discusses the fundamental ideas of government, and points out that a government to be just must be for, of, and by the people. Explains why a government must have power and authority in order to fu...

37. The powers of government (27:18)

Date:: 1957
Summary:: Discusses the powers a government should have and how they should be limited. Identifies two basic problems--the power of men in government and the power of the government itself. Quotes Thomas J...

38. The forms of government (57:54)

Date:: 1957
Summary:: Outlines and explains the various forms of government, pointing out their strengths and weaknesses. Describes government by one man, by a few men, and by the populace, and discusses governments in...

39. The parts of life : sleep, work, play, leisure and rest (28:14)

Date:: 1957
Summary:: Describes the nature of work, and discusses work in relation to other life activities. Compares the time spent in labor by the average working man today with that of the pre-industrial man, and ill...

40. The distinction of work, play and leisure (28:49)

Date:: 1957
Summary:: Distinguishes between work and play and work and leisure, and discusses the meaning of chores. Explains that work is that which we have to do for subsistence. Presents a derivation of the word "l...