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Synthetic Biology in Europe (2014)

Subject

Biology; Technology

Synthetic biology is an emerging field in at the intersection of biotechnology, information technology and biochemistry with the aim to make biology easier to engineer. But what exactly are synthetic...

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Viewfinder 94

Date

30 Sep 2014, 10:18

Author

Sergio Angelini

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Page

Viewfinder 94 was published in March 2014. Contents of this issue: SCREENING EUROPE This AHRC project has been set up to explore the ways in which heritage films across Europe choose to present the...

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Mining for Science (1992 Video)

Subject

Geology

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Investigates the development of the scientific ideas of Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817), a found of the modern science of geology, in his dual role as professor of mining and mineralogy at the minds in...

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World of Buckminster Fuller, The (1971)

Director

Robert Snyder

Subject

Environmental science; Philosophy; Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 80 minutes), £16.99

Architect, engineer, geometrician, cartographer, philosopher, futurist, inventor of the famous geodesic dome and one of the most brilliant thinkers of his time. Fuller was renowned for his comprehensive...

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Portuguese Voyages of Discovery, The (1992 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Reflects on the momentous voyages of Portuguese navigators in the 15th century. Uses a full-scale replica of a caravel of the period to re-create the conditions of those voyages and shows how sailors used...

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Invasion from Mars: Or How Orson Welles Panicked a Nation (1988 Video)

Producer

Neil Cameron

Subject

Media studies; Psychology; Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

On 30 October 1938, the Orson Welles Mercury Theatre group enacted a version, by Howard Koch, of H.G. Wells, novel ‘War of the Worlds’. It was transmitted live at 8pm standard time throughout the USA on...

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Norman Conquest, The (1982 Video)

Director

Colin Grimshaw

Producer

Kathleen Burk

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min., 1997 sale: £14.95 (+VAT +p&p) (World Microfilms)

Professor H R Loyn looks at the European and English contexts of the Norman conquest, at the organisations and military strengths of the Normans, and at the personalities involved. He describes the battle of...

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How They Built the Channel Tunnel (1992 Video)

Director

Sandy Balfour

Producer

Sandy Balfour

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

The Channel Tunnel was the largest single construction project in Europe and it took five years to build. This programme investigates the science and technology that made the project possible, and reflects...

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History of Water Power, The (1990 Video)

aka: Water Power and the Industrial Revolution

Subject

Archaeology; Engineering; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 1997 sale: £14.95 (+VAT +p&p) (World Microfilms)

Discusses the history of the use of energy in three areas: the energy source itself; the systems of power transmission; the application of this energy to various industrial purposes. Moving water was the...

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Daring to Be New (1998 Video)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 75 min., 1999 sale: £17.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Five programmes - The House, The Office, Sport, Art Spaces, Travel - looking at the scope and variety of contemporary architecture in Britain, Japan, the USA, and Europe and examining ways in which social...

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