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Scientific american frontiers was an american science television program aired by pbs from 1990 to 2005. A tv version of scientific american magazine hosted by alan alda. Buy the scientific american book of great science fair. Science, technology and nature are examined with insight, humor and an eye on the practical, with smartly paced reports on such subjects as the bigbang theory, robots, the relationship between stress and illness, and whether we are alone in the universe.
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