Televisionpoint.com Team Discovery Channel, which is celebrating a decade in Indian Operations has launched a new series, '100 Greatest Discoveries', which will depict landmark discoveries made in the past few centuries in the fields of biology, physics, chemistry, medicine, genetics, geology, astronomy and evolution.
The series, which began on September 29, will run every Thursday at 10 PM till November 17. "From the world of medicine to the expanse of space, '100 Greatest Discoveries' features the greatest discoveries of our time across eight different categories. One of the most comprehensive science series, viewers will witness landmark scientific revelations that significantly changed the world forever." Said Raja Balasubramanian, Brand Director, Discovery Networks India.
Discussing the discoveries covered in the series, ISRO's former Chairman, DR Kasturirangan, said, "Through carefully selected themes, presented with forceful rendition and extraordinary articulation, Discovery Channel takes the viewers through a memorable tour de force of the cosmos with its multifarious manifestation, from micro to macro. It is all about great discoveries, magnificently put together by Discovery Channel towards understanding the history of life on our planet. Discovery has imaginatively recreated the works of some of the most creative minds, to derive insights into the grand design of the creator himself."
The show features dramatic accounts of how the great scientific discoveries were made, how they impacted the development of scientific knowledge and how they touch human life today. Each episode of this eight-part series showcases scientists from the earliest days who had questioned the underlying nature of the universe and those who continue to examine what makes the human race and planet Earth tick. |