Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Wgbh Boston
• VHS Release Date: March 28, 2000
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304049358
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,362 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Travel on an extraordinary visual tour inside the human body, with microphotography and computer animation achieved by the creators of The Miracle of Life. Witness the miracle of pregnancy, the travels of a PB&J sandwich, and the amazing mechanism of an athlete in motion.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Universe Within - A Universe of Information, September 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Nova: The Universe Within [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video is a great addition to my Human Physiology Class. It has a wealth of infomation about the body systems and is simply put. It is easy for my Alternative Education students to understand and supplements our lessons well. I would recommend this video to anyone who teaches either Biology or Physiology.

2.0 out of 5 stars It's 60, not 90 Minutes (like it's supposed to be), February 22, 2007

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Sure Thing "surething88" (San Diego County, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nova: The Universe Within [VHS] (VHS Tape)

(Please see my review of the DVD edition of this title.)

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting to Adults and Teens, December 30, 2003

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Christy S. Gaines "Christy Gaines" (fayetteville, nc usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nova: The Universe Within [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I teach middle school science and health in North Carolina. This video supports the 7th grade science and 6th-8th grade health curriculums. My students love this video and so do I. They alternately gross out (their terminology) and are fascinated by the trip through the digestive tract. We measure out on our classroom floor just how far a man can long jump, and we are in awe; I draw a diagram on the board of the climber's foot as he looked and saw the sole pointed the wrong way and we realize how badly broken and twisted his leg was. We watch on video and then measure on paper how long a developing human is at different times inside its mother. At the end of the year, they get to watch a movie of their choosing (within reason!). Last year, my 7th grade science class chose this video over all other commercial movies or cartoons to watch, even though they had already seen it. So we did! Quite a feat to please a group of 7th graders, who generally cannot agree on anything except apparently on the value of this video.