Episode two of the documentary series An Uncommon Education: Celebrating 200 Years of the University of Michigan produced by Detroit Public TV. Topics discussed include Science at UM; Detroit Observatory; research at UM; railroad timing and the observatory; social sciences; ISR; Henry Tappan; James B. Angell; John Dewey; Henry Carter Adams. Interviewees include: Terrence J. McDonald; Sally Oey; Mary Sue Coleman; Francis X. Blouin; Howard Markel; Rajesh S. Mangrulkar; James Tobin; James S. Jackson; Brian Williams; Ken Fischer; Katherine Freese; Peggie J. Hollingsworth.