Timeblazers: Ancient Geniuses
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Timeblazers Sam and Jen meet some geniuses of the past, including Nicholas Copernicus, the first to map out the Solar System; William Shakespeare and his magnificent Globe Theatre; Benjamin Franklin, a great inventor, printer, and philosopher; Thomas Edison, who invented the first practical incandescent light bulb; Eratosthenes, who used a stick to figure out the size of the earth and that the planet was round; Plato, a great philosopher and thinker; Jean-Francois Champollion, who unlocked the mystery of the Rosetta Stone; Magellan, who was the first to sail around the world; and the "Renaissance Man," Leonardo da Vinci.
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Runtime: 24 minutes 21 seconds
- Topic: Biographies, History, Literature, Religion, Philosophy, and Spirituality, Science
- Subtopic: Ancient History, Astronomy, Electricity and Magnetism, Explorers, Inventions, Middle Ages, Philosophy, Physics, Plato, Renaissance, Shakespeare, William, U.S. History - 1861-1865, U.S. History - 1866-1900, World History - 1000-1449, World History - 1450-1799, World History - 1800-1899
- Grade/Interest Level: 4 - 9
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- Release Year: 2005
- Producer/Distributor: Chip Taylor Communications
- Series: Timeblazers
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