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Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare (4 Parts) (1981 Multimedia)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

out of distribution, Audiocassette. 31, 36, 20, 28 min.; 40, 44, 23, 35 slides. col.

Part 1: Types of energy output, fireball, heat, blast, immediate radiation. Medical effects of flash, heat, treatment of burns, blast. Fall-out pattern, decay of radiation, effect of distance, time and...

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Nitrogen Fixation (1986 Video)

Producer

Neil Cameron

Subject

Agriculture; Biology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Investigates some of the recent biochemical and genetic advances in the understanding of biological nitrogen fixation. Experiments at Rothamsted in the mid-19th century proved that nitrogen was essential for...

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Clinical Disorders of Porphyrin Metabolism (2 Parts) (1972 Video)

Director

Peter Bowen

Producer

Peter Bowen

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. b&w. 41, 54 min.

Haems and porphyrins are present in every living cell of the body and disorders of their metabolism can take place in a number of clinical states. Acute intermittent porphyria is the most important of the...

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Biology Compilation S204 (2001)

aka: Videocassette Compilation S204 (Ou)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

Band 1: Investigating Life on a Small Scale - examines some of the special problems encountered by very small, i.e. unicellular, organisms, especially protoctists. Band 2: Investigating Suspension Feeders -...

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Casanova (2004)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £19.99

The Italian adventurer and libertine Giovanni Jacopo Casanova lived from 1725 to 1798, but in this six-part series Dennis Potter attempted to find a contemporary relevance through his central themes of sex...

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Biotechnology in the 21st Century Series (4 Parts) (2010)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 4 x 25 minutes), £249.00 (series)

Biotechnology is revolutionising life in the 21st century, but with every breakthrough comes controversy. Do the benefits of stem cell technology, gene-splicing, and other advances outweigh the risks? Using...

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Cellular Signalling (2006)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 25 minutes), £39.00

Suitable for A2 and university students this 2006 DVD explains cellular signalling and deals in turn with the following topics: Introducing cellular signalling - how cells need to signal to other cells to...

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Light: In Search of a Model (1978 Video)

Producer

John Stratford

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Demonstrates that there is no contradiction between the wave and particle models of light - they have to co-exist as useful analogies. Shows how zinc loses electrons when irradiated with weak ultra-violet...

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Life for Christine (Film, Video)

Producer

John Goldschmidt

Subject

Drama; Law; Social welfare

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A documentary- drama based on a true case history researched by MIND, the National Association for Mental Health. The play starts when Colin, a social worker for MIND, discovers Christine, a 14-year-old...

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Repairing the Code (2012)

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

Video recording of the Francis Crick Lecture given at the Royal Society on 7 December 2011 by Dr Simon Boulton from Cancer Research UK. DNA, also known as the ‘blue print’ of life, encodes the...

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