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A series of 600 videotaped physics demonstrations on 25 laserdiscs, produced at the University of Washington, with standalone demonstrations of physics principles, augmented by slow motion photography and...
Looks at the new generation of large ground-based optical telescopes which will use lasers and flexible mirrors to compensate for atmospheric distortions and improve the ‘seeing’ from earth. In...
How did our calendar come to be? Why do the seasons change? How did the days of the week get their names? And why is the year divided into days, weeks and months? From the Babylon of the moon-gazers to the...
Shows the process of producing kalagas in the Mandalay area of Burma. The padded embroideries of Burma are virtually unique. Their combination of legendary figures and animals, sequins, stones and mirrors...
A tour of the various song’s dances, flourishes and genres of flamenco. Over 300 singers, dancers and guitar players from all over the world appear in a documentary of styles, environments and forms....
This documentary looks at some of the most famous bridges in the world and, with the help of a team of experts and the use of archive footage, shows how they were built and how they remain upright. Amongst...
The programmme presents key concepts of mechanics and light, employing high quality graphics and animations, live footage and worked examples of relevant formulas. Conveniently structured in short clip...
Lost on a country road, a man finds himself trapped in a nightmare world that mirrors Communist-era Czechoslovakia. A free-form and darkly surreal adaptation of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, which...
In 2005, California’s Getty Museum hit the news: their former curator for antiquities, Marion True has been accused of being involved in an extensive trade in archaeological treasures and went on trial in...
On 13 December 1993, the space shuttle Endeavour returned to earth with the team of astronauts whose mission was to repair the Hubble space telescope. Had their mission failed, it could have broken both the...
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