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Life's
Greatest Mysteries
Item Name: ADAM Life's Greatest
Mysteries
Item Number: LGM
Price: $89.95
Answers
every body wants to know.
Do you ever wonder why you can
remember some things, yet forget
others? What causes gray hair?
Headaches? Or cancer? Join host Bob
Winkle as you learn through over
four hours of amazing animation,
fascinating factoids, interactive
games, and A.D.A.M.'s award-winning A.D.A.M.
introduces Life's Greatest Mysteries,
an interactive CD-ROM that explores
life's most intriguing questions and
provides the answers every body
wants to know. The program is hosted
by the ever inquisitive Bob Winkle.
This slightly eccentric British
character's sense of adventure
drives him to investigate the
answers to questions everyone else
only ponders. Some of the topics
include:
- What makes us sleepy?
- Is there a cure for the common
cold?
- Why are some people color
blind?
- What causes goose bumps?
- How do people get Alzheimer's
disease?
- What makes your heart beat?
- How do we remember things?
- Why do some people get motion
sickness?
- Why do we need to sleep?
- Why do people faint?
- What is cancer?
- What is an optical illusion?
- How can I improve my memory?
- What are AIDS and HIV?
- How do Siamese twins develop?
- How does a cut heal?
- Can the brain survive without
the heart?
- What is amnesia?
- Why do people have different
blood types?
- Why do we daydream?
- What happens when a person
goes into shock?
- What do our dreams mean?
- Why do people have two eyes?
- How do you really catch a
cold?
Life's
Greatest Mysteries is a
great resource for children and
adults alike. Through an interactive
"question and answer"
format with over four hours of
sound, video, and animation, the
software is divided into four
categories providing users with a
multimedia exploration of The Mind,
The Body, Illness and Curiosities.
And, to make sure you've been paying
attention, the program also includes
fascinating factoids, a
comprehensive text reference and
interactive games.
NOTE:
This product has a setting that
locks out any undesired subjects.
| OS
Specifications: |
| MACINTOSH |
WINDOWS |
68040/25
MHz |
486/33MHz |
System
7.0 up to 9.6 |
Windows
3.1 or higher |
13-inch
color monitor 256 colors |
2.5
MB hard disk space |
Double-speed
or faster CD-ROM drive |
SVGA
color monitor, 256 colors |
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Double-speed
or faster CD-ROM drive |
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MPC-compatible
sound card |
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