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Emergence of Greek Mathematics, The (1988 Video)

Producer

Andrew Barker

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (PAL, 24 minutes), £34.99

Euclid’s ‘Elements’ is one of the world’s most reprinted books. How did it come about and why does it remain a classic textbook? Examines the 13 books in detail starting with the idea of proof.

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EncyclopÉdie, The (1993 Video)

Producer

Robert Philip

Subject

Art; History

Distribution

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

The ‘Encyclopédie’ is probably one of the greatest single enterprises of the 18th-century Enlightenment. Edited by Diderot and d’Alembert, it was published in France between 1751 and 1772. Giles...

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Art of Physick, The (1981 Video)

Producer

Robert Philip

Subject

History; Medical sciences

Distribution

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

Surveys the state of medical knowledge and treatment in the 17th century.

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Leonardo Da Vinci 2 (1999 Video)

Subject

Art; Science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 2000 sale: £29.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Looks at the life and work of Italian artist, sculptor, architect and engineer Leonardo da Vinci. Includes three-dimensional graphics to explain and ‘test’ Leonardo’s theories and designs,...

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It’s a Lovely Day Tomorrow1 (1989 Video)

Producer

Neil Cameron

Subject

Media studies; Technology

Distribution

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

1870-1950 is a period characterised by a succession of innovations with remarkable effects in everyday life from new sources of power, new modes of transport, new clinical techniques to a great leisure...

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Childbirth and Contraception: Choices and Changes (1990 Video)

Subject

Women’s studies

Distribution

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

Traces the impact of science and technology on childbirth and contraception, and highlights how women’s choices and chances had altered by 1950. Women from Richmond, North Yorkshire, talk about their...

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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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Earth and Sky (2 Parts) (1958 Film)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Discusses the changing conceptions of the planetary system and the heavens. Part 1 shows how early thinking in Babylonia and Greece led up to the world picture of medieval Europe. Part 2 explains how between...

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Bernal and the Social Function of Science (1996 Video)

aka: Social Function of Science, The

Director

Peter Howell

Subject

Biology; Chemistry

Distribution

Sale

Chris Freeman, the founder and first director of the Science Policy Research Unit, introduces John Bernal, the father of the protein crystallography techniques that enabled the double helix structure of DNA...

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Invisible Force, The (196 Video)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 19 min.

The story of magnetism. Illustrates the ways in which scientists found that magnetism existed and how, through research, industry has revealed more of the nature of this force. Discusses the development and...

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