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Big Bang, Quasars and Black Holes (1999 Video)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2001 sale: £32.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Discusses Einstein’s concept of general relativity and his description of an expanding universe and traces the evolution of the early universe from the instant of the original explosion. Explains how...

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Practically Speaking (1987 Video)

Producer

Ted Smith

Subject

Science

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Explores experimental methodology. Examples range from Einstein’s general theory of relativity to the examination of the constituents of air and physiological tests. In terms of personalities, contrasts...

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Nuclear Physics 1 (1988 Video)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 1999 sale: £29.50 (+VAT +p&p)

Introduces basic concepts of nuclear physics. In six 10-minute segments: The Discovery of Radioactivity (research by Faraday, Rontgen, the Curies and Becquerel); Properties of Becquerel rays (includes...

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Colston Symposium, The (19 Parts) (1998 Video)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 x 60 min., 2002 sale: £35.00 each part or £285.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) series -

In April 1998 a number of scientists gathered for the Colston Symposium at the University of Bristol to explore quantum physics. These 19 lectures, in front of invited audiences, are a valuable contemporary...

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Einstein’s Journey to the Cosmos: Part 2: Contemplating Black Holes (2007)

Subject

Astronomy; Physics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 50 minutes), $195.00

How Einstein’s 20th century theories are shaping 21st century science. Theoretical physicist Albert Einstein is universally considered one of the greatest thinkers of modern times, a man whose name is...

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Qutal: Queen’s University Teaching and Learning Project, Tltp Project (1996)

Distribution

Sale

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Great Scientists (2004)

Subject

FE; Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £19.99

Oxford historian Professor Allan Chapman presents a series on five great scientists. The programmes combine location filming, animation, comedy and drama to challenge many existing notions about these thinkers.

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Ascent of Man, The (13 Parts) (1973 Video)

Subject

Anthropology; Biology; History; Philosophy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 650 minutes), £36.99

A classic13-part series in which Jacob Bronowski examines the intellectual, cultural, and scientific breakthroughs in man’s four-million-year evolution. He discusses the importance of new ideas and how...

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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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