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  1. Voyeur, The (1993 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Art; Psychology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The film is intended to challenge many widely held attitudes, beliefs and ideas. It examines questions of self-discovery, learning and understanding. A fashion model re-lives a day that changed her life. She...

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  2. Tick, Tick, Tick Pulsating Star: How we Wonder What You Are (1996 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 2000 sale: £25.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    The discovery of pulsars - neutron stars which form when massive stars explode (supernovae) - took astronomers by surprise. Jocelyn Bell Burnell of the Open University describes their discovery and the way...

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  3. Beyond the Naked Eye: The End of the Race Against Time (2003)

    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 30 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    This programme focuses on the Nobel Prize winner Ahmed Zewail and his discovery of the Femto-second - the time it takes to make and break chemical bonds. Zewail claims this discovery to be the end of man’s...

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  4. Winter Garden, The (1999 Video)

    aka: Secret of the Winter Garden

    Producer
    Cameron Balbirnie
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Off-air recording Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 2001 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Follows art historian Claudia Swan to Krakow and Leiden on a quest to connect Renaissance art and science. The discovery of nearly 2000 Renaissance watercolours in a Polish library triggers a journey into...

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  5. Age of Discovery (1418-1560), The (1998 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 23 min., 1999 sale: £29.50 (+VAT +p&p)

    Uses animated maps, historic art work and on-location action video to explain 15th-century trade with the Far East and how trade restrictions helped to bring about an age of discovery. Focuses on Prince...

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  6. Beyond the Naked Eye: The Man Who Loved Trees (2003)

    Subject
    Chemistry; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 30 minutes), £34.00 (CM)

    This programme explores the role of Don Tomalia as a chemist and his discovery of dendrimers. Given a chemistry set as a boy, Don Tomalia developed a career at the Dow Chemicals Company where he discovered...

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  7. Planets, The. Part 6: The Search for Planet X (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    There are currently nine known planets in the solar system. Mathematics of planetary motion predicts a tenth, outer planet and observations of the orbits of Neptune support this theory. Looks at the...

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  8. Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece: Knossos and Delphi (2005)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Classical studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £14.99

    The ancient Greeks used buildings and structures to reflect the variety of life at the core of their civilisation - they built the first theatres, staged the first sports events and worshiped some of the...

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  9. Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome: Circus Maximus and Trajan’s Forum (2005)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Classical studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £14.99

    Explores the seven wonders of ancient Rome: the Pantheon, the Aqueducts, the Via Appia, the Baths of Caracalla, Trajan’s Market, Circus Maximus and the Colosseum. These were the works of great men who...

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  10. Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (1991)

    Subject
    English language and literature; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 250 minutes), £14.99

    The discovery of Melpham Idol, a pagan phallic figure, in the coffin of a disinterred Bishop becomes the most important archaeological find of the century, a discovery that changes the course of scholarship...

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