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Calculus and Fluid Dynamics (2017)

Subject

Mathematics

Podcast on the subject of calculus and differentiation. Florencia Tettamanti, a mathematician working on fluid dynamics, discusses how she uses calculus to study the motion of fluids like air and water, and...

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Limits to Birth, The (1998 Video)

Producer

Liz Tucker

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines the moral and scientific issues sourrounding the treatment of premature babies, as techniques of neonatal care become more sophisticated. Looks at the case of Kristen, alive after being born at 23...

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Blindsight (2009)

Director

Lucy Walker

Subject

Psychology; Social Studies; Sports science

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £15.99

An uplifting documentary that follows six blind Tibetan teenagers as they set out on a three-week expedition to climb the 23,000-foot peak Lhakpa Ri on the north side of Mount Everest, led by two blind...

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Jane Austen: Presumption (1995 Video)

aka: Presumption: The Life of Jane Austen

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

Biography of novelist Jane Austen, showing the stately home of her brothers, the ballrooms of her friends, the beach at Sidmouth where she fell in love. Descendants of her aristocratic family and...

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Revision Skills Package (2014)

Subject

Education

This package of video resources is designed to help students organise their revision and equip them with all the essentials for effective studying, resulting in improved exam performance. Included in the...

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Good Wife of Tokyo, The (1992 Film, Video)

Director

Kim Longinotto

Producer

Claire Hunt; Kim Longinotto

Subject

Women’s studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

After living in England for 15 years, when on a return trip to Tokyo with her Tottenham-based band the Frank Chickens, cabaret artiste and singer Kazuko Hohki decided to get married to please her mother. In...

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Fly Navy! (1994 Video)

Director

Gary Johnstone

Producer

Gary Johnstone

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1994 sale: £20.00( +VAT +p&p) (Academy) 1995 sale: £12.99 (inclusive) (retail)

Impression of the aircraft carrier ‘USS Theodore Roosevelt’ and the 6000 sailors, marines and pilots who serve on board. Follows the ship as it sails through the Suez Canal and across the Mediterranean...

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Bones of Contention (1995 Video)

Director

Danielle Peck; Alex Seaborne

Producer

Danielle Peck; Alex Seaborne

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

In museums and universities across the USA lie the bones of tens of thousands of American Indians. For archaeologists the collections represent a unique source of knowledge, but for the Indians the bones...

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What’s Going on Underground? Tunnelling into the Future (2009)

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building; Geology

Video recording of a public lecture given by Professor Robert Mair of Cambridge University at the RSA on 18/2/2009. The talk describes the critical importance of geology and the development and application...

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Cold Fusion (1990 Video)

Producer

James Burge

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

On March 23, 1989, scientists Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons announced that they had harnessed the nuclear fusion process that powers the sun in an apparently simple piece of laboratory equipment at...

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