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Lime - Mortars, Renders and Plasters (1998)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £65.00

For centuries lime has been the fundamental ingredient of building mortars, plasters and renders. In the 20th Century it was largely replaced by cement and gypsum. However, an understanding of the chemistry...

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Who Lives? Who Dies? (2011)

Subject

Biology

Why do only certain species survive? How can our growing knowledge of genomes reveal a deeper understanding of life’s cycles and secrets? These are among the topics discussed in this video recording of a...

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Superheavy Elements: Search for the End of the Periodic Table (2011)

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 89 minutes), $24.95

The periodic table is changing. Ken Moody, Chief Scientist for Radiochemistry, explains that recent discoveries of new elements have extended the periodic table beyond what was thought possible, and...

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Women in Science (2011)

Subject

Science; Women’s studies

How have individual female scientists contributed to the advancement of science through time? To celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day (8 March 2011) and to mark the International...

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Dating: The Radiocarbon Way (2010)

Subject

Archaeology; Chemistry; Physics

What is carbon 14? What is a radiocarbon date? Is it the same as a calendar date? What does radiocarbon dating measure and why does it take a long time? How does an accelerator mass spectrometer measure...

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Bernal and the Social Function of Science (1996 Video)

aka: Social Function of Science, The

Director

Peter Howell

Subject

Biology; Chemistry

Distribution

Sale

Chris Freeman, the founder and first director of the Science Policy Research Unit, introduces John Bernal, the father of the protein crystallography techniques that enabled the double helix structure of DNA...

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Atoms and Molecules (2011)

Subject

Chemistry; Media studies

A series of six outside broadcasts filmed at the Royal Institution in the late 1950s and early 1960s, The Nature of Things was presented by William Lawrence Bragg with the assistance of Bill Coates. ATOMS...

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Transuranium Elements (1963)

Subject

Chemistry

This film, produced in the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley, features four scientists who were principals in the discovery and identification of several of the...

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Oil, Soap and Detergent (2011)

Subject

Chemistry; Media studies

A series of six outside broadcasts filmed at the Royal Institution in the late 1950s and early 1960s, The Nature of Things was presented by William Lawrence Bragg with the assistance of Bill Coates. OIL,...

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Solids, Liquids and Gases (2012)

Subject

Chemistry; Media studies; Physics

A series of six outside broadcasts filmed at the Royal Institution in the late 1950s and early 1960s, The Nature of Things was presented by William Lawrence Bragg with the assistance of Bill Coates....

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