PBS

Includes 3 Curious George Stories:
Flies A Kite - A windy morning provides the perfect opportunity for George to learn about flight. While birds soar in the breeze, and papers float effortlessly, George discovers that bricks don't move at all! But the action really takes off when George and Jumpy the Squirrel unexpectedly hitch a ride on a friend's kite. Now the only thing they need to figure out is how to land!

Zeros To Donuts - George thinks he has learned all he needs to know about the number zero. But when a dozen donuts suddenly turn into a hundred dozen, the little monkey realizes that "nothing" can easily add up to a whole lot of something. Hopefully, the Man with the Yellow Hat likes donuts!

Roller Monkey - When Mr. and Mrs. Dulson ask George to wear roller skates to attract customers to their toy store, things go downhill fast! Our curious friend winds up teaching Hundley the Dog and Gnocchi the Cat a valuable lesson about little wheels and big hills!… (mehr)

This is a thoroughly enjoyable, but greatly simplified overview of Greene's book on string theory. The book includes a great introduction to both Einstein's theories and to Quantum Mechanics before launching into its history and future forecast for string theory, whereas the TV series spends more time on the preliminaries and only touches on string theory, which makes sense. Greene is a great host--his abilities clearly extend beyond writing and teaching. The graphics used to illustrate things are very good--although a bit over the top at times. Highly, highly recommended, as is the follow-up PBS series.… (mehr)