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  1. Exploring the Art and Science of Stopping Time (1999 Multimedia)

    Producer
    James Sheldon
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Dual format PC Windows/Apple Macintosh., 2001 sale: £25.95 (inclusive)

    A CD-ROM based on the life and work of Harold E ‘Doc’ Edgerton, the chief developer of the electronic strobe. In three sections: Biography covers biography and the impulses behind his work, Archives his...

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  2. Computational Science and Engineering (2007)

    Subject
    Mathematics

    This course of 32 video lectures by Gilbert Strang of MIT provides a review of linear algebra, including applications to networks, structures, and estimation, Lagrange multipliers. Also covered are:...

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  3. Capturing the Speed of Light (2011)

    Subject
    Physics; Technology

    MIT Researchers capture the speed of light on camera. Able to take a trillion frames per second, this camera, developed by researchers at MIT, is capable of capturing light travelling from one point to the...

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  4. Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age (1997 Video)

    Director
    Terry Sanders
    Subject
    Information technology; Librarianship
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL or NTSC). col. 30 or 56 min., 1997 sale: US$39.50 (+p&p) for 30-minuteversion 1997 sale: US$59.50 (+p&p) for 56-minute version

    Looks at the hidden crisis of the digital information age, asking whether digitally stored information and knowledge will survive into the future. Discussing the issue are Peter Norton (Norton Utilities),...

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  5. First Person: Marvin Minsky (1996 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    An examination of the life and work of scientist Marvin Minsky, with the complete text of his ‘The Society of Mind’, a selection of his articles and over 100 minutes of QuickTime video, including footage...

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  6. From Trash to Treasure: Loss, Value and the Photo Archive (2017)

    Subject
    Media studies

    Podcast. Catherine E. Clark (MIT) discusses the life cycle of anonymous photographic archives. Her key example is the revaluation and profit generation of an archive of amateur prints and albums collected in...

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  7. Molecules in Space (1985 Video)

    Producer
    Nick Brenton
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Discusses interstellar matter, taking an historical approach to the discoveries of molecules in space. Radio telescopes and astronomic spectrometers are seen at work. Taking part in the programme are Dr...

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  8. Reading by Seamus Heaney, A (2002)

    Subject
    Literature

    Seamus Heaney was awarded the Noble Prize in Literature in 1995. He has resided in Dublin since 1976 and visits Harvard University to teach and read every two years. His recent books are a selected poems...

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  9. Want to Upload Your Brain? Science Fiction Comes to Life (2012)

    Subject
    Biology

    Video recording of a talk given at the Commonwealth Club of California on 13/2/2012. MIT professor Sebastian Seung has found what he calls the nexus of nature and nurture: the "Connectome", or the network...

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  10. Moving Still (1980 Video)

    Producer
    Chris Haws
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) INCA 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) BBC

    Charts the development of stroboscopic photography and how it can show things which the naked eye would be unable to detect. MIT Professor Harold Edgerton shows how it is possible to recreate ‘living’...

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