• Never-before-seen black & white 16mm film footage shot by Langmuir between 1923 and 1957, including shots of early snow skiing.

  • Original footage of Charles Lindbergh and The Spirit of St. Louis

  • Emphasis on Langmuir's love of serendipity in the scientific method, which he called "profiting from the unexpected."
  • Scenes of famous colleagues: Edison, Einstein, Bohr, Rutherfod, Curie, Planck, Heisenberg, Schrodinger et. al.

  • An interview with novelist Kurt Vonnegut, who based his book Cat's Cradle and the idea of Ice-9 on Langmuir and his work

Langmuir's World is mastered on Betacam SP videotape.
Running time: 56:56

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