Film tracing the history of modern experimental science. Male scientist looking through the eyepiece of a device. Mustachioed male scientist in patterned shirt and vest writing something down. Other male scientists at work. CU of red liquid in a machine. Female scientist using a computer. CU of the computer's greenscreen as charts appear. Male scientists turning a knob and looking through a viewfinder,watching a dot-matrix printer, and operating large electronic machines. Radio telescope. Panning shot of electronic equipment, including a Hewlett-Packard oscilloscope. Female scientist using a microscope. Male scientist with a pipe using a large telescope. CU of an oscilloscope. Male scientist in a checkered shirt writing. A rocket on the launch pad. Mission control. Rocket launching. Illustration of the genie emerging from Aladdin's lamp, with CUs of both Aladdin and the genie. Backwards dolly shot of a scientist in a nuclear power control room, with the words "San Onofre Nuclear Station" on the back of his shirt. CU of a spinning IBM reel-to-reel 9 track tape drive. CU of the wheels of an airplane. Combine harvester.