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Understanding (1995)

Understanding poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A documentary series that explains scientific topics. It is narrated by several voice actors and covers a wide range of subjects from a scientific viewpoint.

educationalinformativecalmcuriousstraightforwardfascinatingaccessibleinquisitivescientific

What happens

Understanding is a documentary television series that aired from 1994 to 2004 on TLC. The program covered various things understood from a scientific perspective and was narrated by Jane Curtin, Candice Bergen, and Peter Coyote. It originally aired on TLC and as of 2013 is currently being shown on the Science Channel. The series is presented in a similar fashion to two other programs that also show on the Science Channel, Discover Magazine and Megascience. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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