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  1. Planet Earth, The: A Scientific Model (1986 Video)

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

    Discusses the usefulness of the mental device of putting one’s mind’s eye outside the immediate environment so as to ‘look in’ on it. Introduces the idea by comparing the swing of a pendulum viewed...

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  2. Laser, The (1969 Film)

    Director
    M Y Bernard; M Françon
    Subject
    Physics; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the basic notions of time coherence and space coherence by means of simple models such as coupled pendulum circuits. Various types of laser and some of their applications, including the hologram...

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  3. Pendulum, The (1965 Film)

    Producer
    J R Barker; R A Sully
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Illustrates the phenomena of forced vibration and resonance and shows the presence of a transient vibration during the early stages of the motion. The ‘beats’ phenomenon is also mentioned and shown.

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  4. Mortgage Lenders (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Gillian Holmes
    Subject
    Economics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive)

    Mortgage lenders got their fingers burnt by dealing too freely in the housing boom of the late 1980s. Now they are much more particular about their clientele, but the pendulum may have swung too far the...

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  5. Physics of Fun (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 23 min., 1998 sale: £41.13 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Uses examples from fun parks, circuses and stunts to show potential and kinetic energy (rollercoasters, trapeze artists, slides); work = force x distance (trapeze artist falls into safety net); vectors...

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  6. Neural Networks and the Control of Dynamic Systems (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 1995 sale: US$129.00 (+p&p)

    The neural-net computing approach toward the control of dynamic systems is model-based and feedforward. This is in marked contrast to the traditional closed-loop feedback control approach. This new and...

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  7. Fabulous Perfect Spring, The (1982 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min.

    Considers periodic solutions of second-order differential equations, focusing on the mathematical methods of solving them and the graphical interpretation of their solutions. The fabulous perfect spring is a...

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  8. Steve Reich: A New Musical Language (1987)

    Director
    Margaret Williams
    Producer
    Mary Jane Walsh
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 56 minutes), £50.00

    This film portrait of minimalist composer Steve Reich begins with an introduction to the man himself, revealing something of his personality and the origins of his musical ideas. Reich talks with candour...

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  9. Schalcken the Painter (2013)

    Director
    Leslie Megahey
    Subject
    Art; Literature; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 68 minutes), £19.99

    Based on the short story ‘Strange Event in the Life of Schalcken the Painter’ by Sheridan Le Fanu, this programme was originally shown in the Omnibus strand on BBC 2 during Christmas 1979. The story...

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  10. Maths in a Box (15 Parts) (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics; Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 21- 50 min. each, 1999 sale: £35.00 (+VAT +p&p) each part 1999 sale: £150.00 (+VAT +p&p) set of any 5 parts

    Series of video programmes on topics in mathematics. Each programme includes and event, a question and a solution. 1: A parachutist descends. A force decelerates the body (the parachute) while a force tries...

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