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  1. Invention of Childhood, The (2005)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 450 minutes), £19.99

    Michael Morpurgo presents a history of British childhood from the year 1000 to the present, using a wide range of primary sources. He examines how the idea of childhood has been constantly reinvented down...

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  2. Eyes on the Skies (2010)

    Director
    Lars Lindberg Christensen
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 130 minutes), 0.99 Euros

    This film explores the many facets of the telescope: its historical development, scientific importance, technological breakthroughs, and also the people behind the invention. It is presented by Dr. Joe...

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  3. Semiconductors, Diodes and Transmitters (2012)

    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 22 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    This film demonstrates the operation of semiconductors, diodes and transistors, and explains how the invention of the integrated circuit and transistor has revolutionised electronics. Viewers will learn...

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  4. Great Unsung Women of Computers (2016)

    Producer
    Kathy Kleiman; Jon Palfreman; Kate McMahon
    Subject
    Technology; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 48 minutes), $350

    Three documentary films that look at the past, present and future of women in technology. THE COMPUTERS features the story of the ENIAC Programmers, six young women who programmed the world’s first modern,...

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  5. Apeman: The Story of Human Evolution (4 Parts) (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 4 x 52 min., 1997 sale: £10.99 (inclusive) each

    4: The place of man in the natural order and the future of ‘homo sapiens’.

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  6. Stars and Galaxies (2 Parts) (1987 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, 30, 24 slides. col.

    Part 1 (1983): Pictures from the Anglo-Australian Telescope. Part 2 (1987): Pictures from the Anglo-Australian Telescope. Includes slides of Halley’s Comet, many different emission nebulae (e.g.Rosette...

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  7. Things to Come (1936 Film)

    Director
    William Cameron Menzies
    Producer
    Alexander Korda
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Feature film. Forecasts that World War II would cause the collapse of civilisation to be replaced by a life of Arcadian simplicity. Science takes over with an invention of a ‘space gun’ which shoots...

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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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  9. Brand New You: Makeover Television and the American Dream (2015)

    Director
    Katherine Sender
    Subject
    Broadcasting; Media studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 53 minutes), $275

    What do popular television makeover programmes tell us about about what a good life looks like in contemporary America? Based on Katherine Sender’s book The Makeover the film examines this question against...

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  10. Third Front, The: Erwin Piscator: Political Theatre (1978 Film, Video)

    Director
    Peter Wyeth
    Producer
    Margaret Williams
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Erwin Piscator’s work in the 1920s moved theatre away from the confines of domestic drama to the play of forces in world politics. To equip the stage for the ‘epic’ approach, he employed a whole range...

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