La macchina meravigliosa

Name: La macchina meravigliosa
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1990-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 63 min
Rating: 10
Cast: Piero Angela

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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Created By

Piero Angela Piero Motta Italo Burrascano

Status

Ended

Original Name

La macchina meravigliosa

First Air Date

October 25, 1990

Last Air Date

December 13, 1990

Seasons

Episodes

Language

Italian

Production Companies

RAI De Agostini

Networks

Rai 1

S01E08

Il cuore

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.

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