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  1. Alchemy (2010)

    Subject
    Chemistry

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Alchemy, the ancient science of transformations. The most famous alchemical text is the Emerald Tablet, written around 500BC and attributed to the mythical...

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  2. Alchemy? Chemistry and Industrial Processes for Schools and Colleges (2008)

    Subject
    Chemistry

    This project started life as a multimedia CD-ROM and is now available on-line. Aimed at both 11-16 science and post-16 chemistry students and teachers, ALCHEMY? is built around 15 video clips, each lasting...

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  3. Polytopia I: Tessalations and Polyhedra (1997)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, CD-ROM (PC Version), £49.00

    This CD-ROM explores the history and scientific applications of geometry. Topics include Plato’s Geometrical Alchemy, Kepler’s Universe, Polyhedra and the Natural World and Buckminsterfullerine. The text...

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  4. Alchemy’s Rainbow: Pigment Science and the Art of Conservation (2014)

    Producer
    Mariel Carr
    Subject
    Art; Chemistry

    Audio podcast. Art conservator Mark F. Bockrath, and art historian Elisabeth Berry Drago, discuss and show the messy and occasionally dangerous process of making paints from pigments and the transition to...

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  5. Joe Tilson (2004)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 26 minutes), £13.99

    Since the 1960s, when he was associated with British Pop Art, Joe Tilson has enjoyed international acclaim for the individuality and originality of his paintings, constructions, prints and multiples. His...

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  6. Edison: The Father of Invention (2015)

    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 112 minutes), £14.99

    Born on the threshold of Americas burgeoning industrial empire, Edisons curiosity led him to its cutting edge. With just three months of formal schooling, he took on one seemingly impossible technical...

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  7. Case of Marcel Duchamp As Investigated by Sherlock Holmes, The (1984)

    Director
    David Rowan
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 98 minutes), £30.00

    A witty, feature-length drama documentary in which Marcel Duchamp, who once compared his own mind to that of a master criminal, is investigated by Sherlock Holmes. Holmes comes out of retirement, and with...

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  8. Stephen Hawking’s Universe (2010)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 174 minutes (DVD) 240 minutes (Blu-ray)), £24.99

    Series of six programmes in which Professor Stephen Hawking considers topics in cosmology. 1: Explores mathematics and how it revolutionised our view of the universe. Covers Ptolemy’s theory of the motion...

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