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Letter to the World (2010)

Director

Suzie Hanna

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 9 minutes), £15.00

Commissioned for the Emily Dickinson International Society Conference, Oxford, in 2010. The film is designed to interpret some of the poet’s tropes including her microscopic representation of the outdoors...

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Chandra: 3c438 Animations (2007)

Subject

Astronomy

Since its launch on July 23, 1999, the Chandra X-ray Observatory has been NASA’s flagship mission for X-ray astronomy. These three short animations show the 3C438 galaxy.

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Question is...?, The (1995 Video)

Producer

David Poyser

Subject

Philosophy; Religious studies; Science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min., 1995 sale: £24.95 (inclusive)

Four programmes examining issues at the interface of science and religion: the origins of the universe, evolution, miracles and the nature of science. Each part includes interviews with scientists and...

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Imagined Worlds. Part 4: There’s No Virtue in Timidity (1982 Video)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

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

Professor Tom Gold, FRS, the Austrian physicist was only 28 years old when he challenged the fundamental scientific assumption that matter can neither be created out of nothing nor totally destroyed. He,...

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Physics Lives (2012)

Director

Kevin Hull

Producer

Kevin Hull

Subject

Physics

Four short films which address the questions: What do physicists actually do? Why do they do it? And what is their work for? In BATHS AND QUARKS Professor David Tong studies a problem which has been plaguing...

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Einstein’s Journey to the Cosmos: Part 1: A Theory for the Universe (2007)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 50 minutes), $195.00

How Einstein’s 20th century theories are shaping 21st century science. Theoretical physicist Albert Einstein is universally considered one of the greatest thinkers of modern times, a man whose name is...

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Last Bolshevik, The (1994)

aka: Tombeau d’Alexandre, Le

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 120 minutes), £12.99

Based on the life and work of the Russian film director Alexander Medvedkin (1900-1989), THE LAST BOLSHEVIK is a tribute from one filmmaker to another in the form of six video "letters" sent to him...

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Dangerous Knowledge (2008)

Director

David Malone

Subject

Mathematics; Physics; Psychiatry; Psychology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 89 minutes), £15.99

A sympathetic portrayal of the genius of four brilliant mathematicians and their attempts to unravel the mysteries of the universe with tragic repercussions for their sanity. This programme addresses some of...

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Science in Focus: Big Questions

aka: The Nature of Scientific Enquiry

Subject

Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 5 x 20 minutes), £45.00

Five programmes presented by Adam Hart-Davis. Each focuses on the life and works of key scientific figures. How did they do it? What did they owe to their contemporaries? Why were their ideas so often...

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Teaching Videocassette 2 (1986 Video)

Subject

Astronomy; Physics

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 59 min.

Band 1: Examines the relationship between stellar structure and nuclear physics. Band 2: Shows the tandem accelerator at Caltech, California which is used to recreate stellar conditions in order to obtain...

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