Audio:
A Briefer History of Time
Cornerstone
by Stephen Hawking with Leonard Mlodinow
Book on Tape read by Erik Davies

E=mc²: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation
Nominee
by David Bodanis
Audio CD, 6 discs approx. 7 hours, read by Dan Cashman

Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity
Nominee
by David Bodanis
Audio CD, 6 discs approx. 7 hours, read by Del Roy

The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
Nominee
by Brian Greene
Audio CD, unabridged collector's edition

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
Cornerstone
by Richard P. Feynman
Audio CD, 8 discs. approx. 9 hours, read by Dan Cashman

Science in the Twentieth Century: A Social-Intellectual Survey
Nominee
Taught by Professor Steven L. Goldman, Lehigh University
Audio CD, three part series
From The Teaching Company: The Great Cources series, 2004

Lectures include: The Evolution of 20th-Century Science, Redefining Reality, Quantum Theory Makes Its Appearance, The Heroic "Old" Age of Quantum Theory, A Newer Theory - QED, QED Meets Fission and Fusion, Learning by Smashing, What Good is QED?, The Newest Theory - Quantum Chromodynamics, Unifying Nature, Chemists Become Designers, Mathematics and Truth

The Universe in a Nutshell
Nominee
by Stephen Hawking
Audio CD read by Simon Prebble, unabridged library edition

DVDs / Videos:
A Brief History of Time
Nominee
An Anglia Television & Gordon Freedman production ; produced by David Hickman ; directed by Errol Morris. Based on the book by Stephen Hawking. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Einstein's Big Idea - NOVA - WGBH, Boston
Nominee
This dramatization reveals the contributions of the men and women across four centuries whose discoveries helped lead Einstein, the then young and unknown patent clerk, to his 1905 discovery that matter and energy are interrelated and his resulting most famous equation E = mc2. Included are glimpses into the lives of Michael Faraday, Antoine Lavoisier, and Lise Meitner.

Einstein's Relativity and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Non-Scientists
Nominee
Parts 1 & 2, Professor Richard Wolfson, Middlebury College
Part of "The Great Cources" series from The Teaching Company

Einstein Revealed - NOVA - WGBH Boston (120 minutes)
Nominee
Journey into the mind of a genius--and, with the help of some whimsical computer animation, visualize experiments only Einstein could imagine about light, time, and space.
Originally broadcast as a television program in 1996. Einstein portrayed by Andrew Sachs. Director of photography, Brian McDairmant; editors, Alexandra Anthony, Stephanie Munroe; music, Ray Loring.

The Elegant Universe - NOVA - WGBH, Boston
Cornerstone
This film, like the book, is a creative and thought provoking explanation of the unification of everything in the universe through the string theory. Hosted by Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University and author of The Elegant Universe.

The Films of Charles & Ray Eames
Nominee
Volume 1: Powers of Ten (17 minutes)
An adventure in magnitudes, from without and within. Journey from a picnic in Chicago to the outer edges of the universe, then back again to explore the minute within a sleeping picnicker. Also included is the original 1968 version of Powers of Ten.
plus 901: After 45 Years of Working (29 minutes)
901 is a record of the Eameses' design space at 901 Washington Blvd., Venice, CA. and their creative legacy.

Guns, Germs, and Steel
Nominee
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Jared Diamond.
Guns, Germs, and Steel explores the fascinating connections between geography, technology and global human developlment. Hosted by the author. National Geographic Society. (165 minutes)

Krakatoa
Nominee
Using dramatic recreations and CGI, this program brings the May 20, 1883 eruption to life. The eruption reduced the island of Krakatoa to a third of hits former size and sent waves that topped 100 feet high, killing 36,000 people.
PBS Home Video. (90 minutes)

MARS: Dead or Alive - NOVA - WGBH, Boston
Nominee
An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at NASA's successful mission to Mars.This video follows scientists and engineers as they design and build the Spirit and Opportunity rovers. NOVA rejoins the mission seven months after launch to document the landing of Spirit on Mars.

Planet Earth
Nominee
DVD, 5 disc set, US Discovery Channel version
A highly acclaimed natural history series, Planet Earth from BBC/Discovery Channel is a celebration of the planet and examines habitats, animals and animal behaviors on the planet Earth. The film quality is outstanding. This is the first nature series filmed entirely in high definition format, filming took over five years and documents some previously unknown animal behaviors. The first episode, From Pole to Pole provides an overview and the remaining episodes each examine a habitat in detail. Five disc set; Disc 1 episodes: Pole to Pole, Mountains, Deep Ocean; Disc 2: Deserts, Ice Worlds, Shallow Seas; Disc 3: Great Plains, Jungles, Fresh Water; Disc 4: Seasonal Forests, Caves; Disc 5: The Future. Discs 1-4 include a behind the scenes feature about the filming.

This series first aired in 2006 and is suitable for adults, children and families, with some cautions for younger children about potentially disturbing content in later episodes, such as predators bringing down prey. Narrated by Sigourney Weaver; the British BBC version features narrator David Attenborough.

The Science in Action Series
Nominee
This Telly Award winning six volume series explains basic scientific concepts and principles in an easy to understand and relaxed manner. Provocative questions at each of the three break points per video encourage independent thought and review of the concepts.
Volume 1: Color and Light
Volume 2: Lenses and Mirrors
Volume 3: Solar Energy
Volume 4: Pollution
Volume 5: Rocks and Minerals
Volume 6: Pieces of the Past

Science in the Twentieth Century: A Social-Intellectual Survey
Nominee
Taught by Professor Steven L. Goldman, Lehigh University
A three part series
From The Teaching Company: The Great Cources series, 2004

Lectures include: The Evolution of 20th-Century Science, Redefining Reality, Quantum Theory Makes Its Appearance, The Heroic "Old" Age of Quantum Theory, A Newer Theory - QED, QED Meets Fission and Fusion, Learning by Smashing, What Good is QED?, The Newest Theory - Quantum Chromodynamics, Unifying Nature, Chemists Become Designers, Mathematics and Truth

QUEST: Bioinvasion - as seen on Maine PBS; hosted by best-selling writer and Maine fisherman Linda Greenlaw.
Nominee
I llustrates how invasive plants and animals are capable of moving aggressively into a habitat and monopolizing resources to the detriment of other species. It also discusses the steps scientists are taking to reduce the impacts of invasives.

QUEST: Gulf of Maine
Nominee
QUEST takes the viewer on a journey to view the life beneath the waves and explores the dynamic web of life in the Gulf of Maine. Concerns about cod, right whales and invasive Asian crabs are featured.

The Way Things Work Series
Nominee
These videos are part of a 26-volume set based on the book The Way Things Work by David Macaulay. His mammoths of "Mammoth Island" return to entertain and illustrate how principles of physics affect daily life. Each video is 13 minutes long, closed captioned, and generally appropriate to youth in grades 3-6.
Electricity
Floating
Heat
Light
Magnets
Photography
Pulleys

Winged Migration - Galatée Films
Nominee - Staff Selection
Amazing videography allows the viewer to migrate with the birds. Depicts the perils, manmade and natural, of this long-distance journey. Three years of shooting were needed by five teams in order to follow bird migrations flying over the seven continents: from one pole to another, from the seas to snowcapped mountains, from the canopy of heaven to mangroves and swamps. Special features: "Making of" featurette; full length director's commentary; creating the music featurette; photo gallery with filmmaker commentary; in-depth filmmaker interviews.