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  1. Klein’s Unification of Geometry (1979 Video)

    Producer
    Jack Koumi
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Computer animation and a 3-D model of a perspectivity demonstrate that Euclidean, non-Euclidean and projective geometries are unified, and also distinguished by Klein’s view of each one as a space plus a...

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  2. Thomas Telford (1963 Film)

    Director
    Douglas Gray
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows a selection of Telford’s work, in the United Kingdom and abroad, and balances the relative importance of different aspects. The visual material is a mix of photography, contemporary prints and...

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  3. Non-Euclidean Geometry (1994)

    Producer
    Anne-Marie Gallen
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Explores the nature of non-Euclidan geometry, beginning by looking at the toy known as the Euclidean kaleidoscope and moving on to explaining the properties of non-Euclidean geometry. Then explains the...

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  4. Non-Euclidean Geometry, A 2 (1978 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks in detail at on of the non-Euclidean geometries where there is no longer a unique line through a given point parallel to a given line. The example given is the Poincare disc, where lines are defines as...

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  5. Birth of Calculus, The (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Glan Thomas
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 25 minutes), £34.99

    With the discovery of calculus, mathematics received its greatest boost since the time of the Greeks. Discusses the early work of Newton and Leibniz that led to their independent formulations of the methods...

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  6. Tom Stoppard: Radio Plays (2012)

    Director
    Charles Lefeaux; John Tydeman
    Subject
    English language and literature; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 332 minutes), £40.00

    This five CD set collects the original BBC broadcasts of four of Tom Stoppard’s most important radio plays: ‘Albert’s Bridge’, ‘Artist Descending a Staircase’, ‘The Dog It Was That Died’ and...

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  7. World of Economics, The (Parts 1-6) (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Economics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25, 33, 15, 25, 14, 30 min.

    Part 1: Professor James Buchanan, Director of the Center for Study of Public Choice, George Mason University, Virginia, and the 1986 Nobel Laureate in Economic Science, in discussion with John Burton, Head...

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  8. Nick Broomfield - The Early Works (2006)

    Director
    Nicholas Broomfield
    Subject
    Film Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 610 minutes), £34.99

    A collection of documentary-maker Nick Broomfield’s earliest works. Features WHO CARES (1970), PROUD T BE BRITISH (1973), BEHIND THE RENT STRIKE (1974), JUVENILE LIAISON (1975), JUVENILE LIAISON II (1990),...

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