The Wonderful Machine

Name: The Wonderful Machine
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1990-10-25
Rating: 10
Cast: Piero Angela

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Documentary

Creator:Piero Angela,Piero Motta,Italo Burrascano

A long journey in 8 episodes to discover the human body, with Piero Angela who closely observes our organism, focusing each time on a theme: the eye, the ear, taste and smell, the stomach and the intestine, liver, bones, lungs and heart. How does our "wonder machine" work? To make each explanation direct and clear, the program uses films, animations and photographs developed with the scanning electron microscope.

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Original TitleLa macchina meravigliosa

StatusEnded

First AiredOctober 25, 1990

Last AiredDecember 13, 1990

Seasons1

Episodes8

TypeDocumentary

Origin CountryItaly

Original LanguageItalian

Spoken LanguagesItaliano

Keywords

medicine anatomy

Production Companies

De Agostini

Networks

Last Episode

S1 E8 • 12/13/1990

The Heart

A journey to discover the "engine" of the organism: the heart. At the beginning of the episode Angela asks a series of questions: how many times does this organ beat in a lifetime? How does it work? What exactly happens when something goes wrong? The description of this "four-chamber pump" is careful and punctual, as in Piero Angela's style. When observed under a scanning electron microscope, the organ reveals many interesting details that are worth paying attention to.