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Science of Fat (2005)

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

Distribution

DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 240 minutes), free

Scientists are unravelling the mechanisms that dictate how the brain and body regulate weight. In four presentations from the HHMI Holiday Lectures in Science 200 series, Dr. Ronald M. Evans and Dr. Jeffrey...

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Men’s Madness: The Myth of Male Reason (1991)

Subject

Social Studies; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 52 minutes), £25.00

Film commissioned and Broadcast by Channel Four in 1991. The film- described by the Guardian in 1991 as ‘an outlandish essay in technophobia- seems remarkably perceptive as the relentless assault on the...

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Reprogramming the Code of Life (2009)

Subject

Biology

Video recording of the Francis Crick Prize Lecture given at the Royal Society by Dr Jason Chin, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, on 26 November 2009. The information for synthesizing the molecules...

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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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Ape-Man - Adventures in Human Evolution (2003)

aka: Apeman - Adventures in Human Evolution

Subject

Anthropology; Archaeology; Biology

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 6 x 50 minutes), £125.00 each £350.00 series

A 6-part documentary series exploring the origins of the human species, combining the archaeological story with insights into what our predecessors were like. The series covers fundamental questions about...

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In the Blood (1996 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 50 min., 1998 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 2000 sale: £280.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

Professor Steve Jones looks at the role of the genes in human ancestry. 1: Examines claims of descendancy from the lost tribes of Israel from various nations and groups, including the Church of the Latter...

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Dna: The Story of the Pioneers Who Changed the World (2004)

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (300 minutes), £24.95

A double DVD consisting of five programmes (four of them broadcast on Channel 4) tracing the history of one of the greatest scientific discoveries of the 20th century - the double-helix structure of DNA.

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Charlie Rose Science Series, The (2007)

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC), $24.95 each

The Charlie Rose Science Series is a continuing series broadcast on PBS throughout the US which explores the advances being made in biomedical research, their contribution to our understanding of the world...

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Finger Prints (2005)

Subject

Biology; Psychology

Claudia Hammond examines our fingers which provide often overlooked clues to our genetic inheritance, our cultural provenance and our psychological state. Each programme covers one digit - examining its...

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Stem Cell Research (2 Parts) (2005)

Subject

Biology; FE; Medical sciences

Two 15-minute programmes on stem cell research - one on embryonic stem cells and the future of Parkinson’s Disease and the other on the ethics of stem cell research. Th

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