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Sonnets & Sunspots instructs the story of one of the most beloved popular science series of all time and the charismatic educator who became an icon to several decades of students. The audiobook is also a fascinating history of popular science programming in tv set and film, from its primitive beginnings to the 21st hundred years. On the way there are enjoyable behind-the-scenes stories of each production and the personalities that were involved with them. Dr. Frank Baxter, a teacher of English literature at the University of Southern California, became a science hero to millions thanks to his alter-ego "Dr. Research". Many students even became researchers because of Baxter and the Bell movies, a few of the most entertaining and beneficial shows available. As the story unfolds, we meet such people as famous Hollywood director Frank Capra, Walt Disney, legendary voice professional June Foray, Eddie Albert, Richard Carlson, movie mogul Jack Warner, Adam Burke of Cable connections popularity, Carl Sagan of Cosmos, and a report of others. The reserve also chronicles the story of public tv set from its first beginnings, like the problems of such pioneering stations as Houston's KUHT and San Francisco's KQED.
