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Newton’s Optics (2011)

Subject

Astronomy; Physics

This Learning Object consists of a three vodcasts by Jim Bennett, Director of the Oxford Museum of the History of Science, on the Newtonian telescope - why Newton designed it, and how it fits into the story...

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Brief History of Mathematics, A (2014)

Subject

Mathematics; Science

Podcasts. Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science. Ten fifteen minute podcasts that reveal the personalities behind the calculations from Newton to the...

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Esa DVD Lesson Series

aka: European Space Agency Lesson Series

Subject

Space science

Four video lessons produced by the European Space Agency. The lessons focus on explaining basic scientific concepts and showing the difference between being on Earth and in space. All videos are now...

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Alchemy (2010)

Subject

Chemistry

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Alchemy, the ancient science of transformations. The most famous alchemical text is the Emerald Tablet, written around 500BC and attributed to the mythical...

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Professional Knowledge - English

Subject

Education; Information technology

New technologies are second nature to most young people. This programme seeks to explore how they can help and encourage learning in the classroom - particularly in an English lesson. Teenagers discuss their...

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String Theory and the Universe

Subject

Mathematics; Physics

Video recording of the 2010 Newton Lecture given at the Institute of Physics, London, on 1 July by Professor Edward Witten, Institute for Advanced Study, in which he talks about the unexpected ways in which...

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Richard Feynman: The Douglas Robb Memorial Lectures (4 Parts) (2006)

Subject

Education; Physics

A set of four archival video recordings from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, of the outstanding Nobel prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. Although the recording is of modest technical quality...

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Black Panther (1969)

Subject

Politics & government; Social Studies

This is the film the Black Panthers used to promote their cause. Shot in 1969, in Oakland, San Francisco and Sacramento, this exemplar of 1960s activist filmmaking traces the development of the Black Panther...

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Asperger’s - Oops, Wrong Planet! (2010)

Subject

Psychology; Social welfare

This documentary explores how the Asperger world, once a solitary, cut-off place, has entered the mainstream of modern life, thanks to the increasing importance of digital technology. It also shows how this...

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Genius of Britain, The (5 Parts) (2010)

Subject

History; Science; Technology

Britain may only be a small island, but its great scientists and inventors have literally created the modern world: from the invention of the steam engine, computers and the world-wide web to the discovery...

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