Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) was one of the leading protagonists of 20th century arts. He was a painter, sculptor, architect, poet and playwright, as well as a utopian romantic, subverting and transforming everything he touched into art. This movie provides a complete look at the works of the German artist, now best known for his collages and junk sculpture. This program also includes many of Schwitters' most famous creations filmed during an exhibition...

Michelangelo (1475-1564) marked the beginning of the modern artist, the artist who claims total freedom with no compromise. As sculptor, painter, architect and poet, he continued the tradition of the early renaissance and pushed it to its extreme. Although working for princes, lords and pontiffs, he turned the traditional status of the artist from that of a craftsman subordinated to the wishes of his patron into that of a creator with the ultimate...

A look at the lives & deeds of some of the saints who made great personal sacrifices for their faith. Often, sainthood in death came at the cost of a short & tortured life.

Explores magnetism as a natural and powerful force, charts the gradual discovery of magnetism and human-made magnets, discusses the theory of Earth as a giant magnet, looks at atoms to explain magnetism, and lists all types of everyday appliances that require magnetism.

Might the stories of the Bible have their basis in ancient scientific fact? How big was the giant Goliath, and what was the tech of the sling that brought him down?

Amazingly, the Ancients understood the principles of the modern tank.

The Romans created a hydraulic mining system that literally blew millions of tons of material away and ancient sappers dug under mega walls and brought a whole castle down. But how was this possible?