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Royal Institution Christmas Lecture given by Peter Wothers on the subject of the rocks that form the planet Earth. Wothers takes as his starting point the beliefs and suppositions of the medieval alchemists...
This BBC series takes viewers on a journey through the Atlantic, from north to south, touching countless nations and reaching crushing depths of over 8,000 metres. Each episode explores the character,...
Using animation and three-dimensional models, shows how the motion of the moon around the earth causes both solar and lunar eclipses. An eclipse of the sun occurs when the moon passes between the earth and...
Examines the evidence for and the effects of extraterrestrial impacts on the earth’s surface. Asks if scientists really know whether a crater on earth was produced as a result of impact with a rock from...
A CAL module on igneous petrogenesis, using granitic rocks as an example. In five main units: introduction, classification, generation, transport and crystallisation. Approximately 4 hours of teaching...
Attempts to discover why Newton’s laws of motion are not normally observed directly on earth, even though they appear to work in an orbiting space station, for example Skylab. To minimise the effects of...
A brief review of the earth’s history and formation and the elements of which it is composed. Describes how conditions on the surface of the planet eventually generated the living cell resulting in plant...
This pack contains all 26 programmes from the two series of History Channel programmes. Spectacular on-location footage, evidence from geologists in the field and clear, dramatic graphics combine to reveal...
Professor Robert G. Fovell, from the University of California, Los Angeles, introduces the fundamental concepts of meteorology including, the structure of the atmosphere, the physics of gases, liquids and...
We are being watched. A bewildering array of sensors are remotely observing everyhting on earth, from crops in Africa to the car parked outside your house. Will these aerial observations help us to save the...
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