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Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit Up the World, The (2013)

aka: Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit Up the World

Subject

Chemistry; Physics; Science; Women’s studies

Distribution

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

How did the first woman to win the Nobel prize achieve such great things in a time when a woman’s place was in the home? This BBC documentary tells the story of her lifetime including her status as a...

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Spotlight on Community Filmmaking

Date

19 Dec 2014, 12:42

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Article

Community Filmmaking and Cultural Diversity: Practice, Innovation and Policy.  Sarita Malik, with Caroline Chapain and Roberta Comunian, discusses an AHRC funded project that has opened up a range of...

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The Good, The Bad (2001)

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 10 minutes), £ 15 per item or £ 100 for the whole set (inclusive)

One of a series of 13 short films about remarkable scientific discoveries by Nobel prizewinners and their colleagues. This film looks at the discovery of radioactivity by the three French Nobel Prizewinners...

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Coping with Cancer (1985 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 13 min.

Two patients discuss the role ‘Coping with Cancer’ and Conrad House Marie Curie Home have played in their care. The need for practical help and caring support is emphasised.

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World of Enrico Fermi, The (2 Parts) (1970 Film)

Producer

Gordon Burwash; John Kemeny

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A biography of Enrico Fermi, the scientist who discovered the chain reaction in nuclear physics. Follows his career in Italy and later in America, and his meetings with other scientists, including Mme Curie,...

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Nova: Hunting the Elements (2012)

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 120 minutes), $19.99

New York Times technology correspondent David Pogue presents this documentary which aims to provide an introduction to the elements and the history of their discovery. Pogue asks why are some elements, such...

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Women in Science (2011)

Subject

Science; Women’s studies

How have individual female scientists contributed to the advancement of science through time? To celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day (8 March 2011) and to mark the International...

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Listen to the Cancer Patient (1985 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 39min.

Mrs C, a 78-year-old widow, formerly a midwife, has cancer of the bowel. She relates her feeling concerning her diseases, and her experiences of treatment and care. Mrs S, a 40-year-old patient with...

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Why Do we Need Women Scientists and Engineers? (2015)

Subject

Engineering; Science

Royal Holloway, University of London’s 2015 Women in Science Lecture given by Professor Lynne Frostick of the University of Hull. In the century since Marie Curie did her pioneering work in physics many...

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Nobel’s Greatest Hits: Science (2001)

aka: Understand Science: Nobel’s Greatest Hits Explained

Subject

Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 70 minutes), £15.99

Five 10-minute programmes from the series NOBEL’S GREATEST HITS on topics relating to advances in science and understanding that have brought us to the brink of controlling and destroying our world .

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