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Life and Death in the War Zone

Life and Death in the War Zone

Season 31 Episode 6
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Origins: Earth is Born

Origins: Earth is Born

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Origins: How Life Began

Origins: How Life Began

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Origins: Where are the Aliens?

Origins: Where are the Aliens?

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Origins: Back to the Beginning

Origins: Back to the Beginning

Season 31 Episode 14
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Einstein's Big Idea

Einstein's Big Idea

Season 32 Episode 13
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Storm That Drowned a City

Storm That Drowned a City

Season 32 Episode 18
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Forgotten Genius

Forgotten Genius

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Car of the Future

Car of the Future

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Doctors' Diaries

Doctors' Diaries

Season 36 Episode 8
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Mind Over Money

Mind Over Money

Season 37 Episode 7
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Deadliest Earthquakes

Deadliest Earthquakes

Season 38 Episode 1
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The Elegant Universe: Part 3

Season 30 Episode 14

Brian Greene shows how Edward Witten of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, aided by others, revolutionized string theory by successfully uniting the five different versions into a single theory that is cryptically named "M-theory," a development that requires a total of eleven dimensions.

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