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  1. Breakthrough or Ballyhoo? (1992 Video)

    Producer
    John Groom
    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    Are newspaper headlines and their stories to be believed? Recent examples include ‘British breakthrough likely to end asthma suffering’, ‘Vitamin K linked to child cancer’, and ‘Astronomers find...

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  2. Pandora’s Box. Part 2: To the Brink of Eternity (1992 Television)

    Producer
    Adam Curtis; Edward Mirzoeff
    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Television broadcast. col. 60 min.

    PANDORA’S BOX is an award-winning 6-part series on the impact of science and technology on everyday life in the twentieth century, and their reflection in changing media images of science and scientists....

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  3. Newton’s Optics (2011)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics

    This Learning Object consists of a three vodcasts by Jim Bennett, Director of the Oxford Museum of the History of Science, on the Newtonian telescope - why Newton designed it, and how it fits into the story...

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  4. Darwin and the Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs and the ‘Deep Past’ In the 19th-Century Imagination (2009)

    Subject
    Geology; Natural history

    Why was the young Charles Darwin’s fascination with geology so important for his later work and why was prehistory so popular in early nineteenth-century Britain? This podcast with Professor Jim Secord,...

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  5. 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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  6. Einstein’s Theory of Relativity (1923 Video)

    Director
    Max Fleischer
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Sale (video - BUFVC), Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 30 min., 1996 sale: £45.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Animated film which sets out in simple terms the broad principles of the theory. Produced under the supervision of Einstein’s associates: Prof S F Nicolai, Prof H W Kornblum, Prof C Bueck, and others.

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  7. Chemistry: A Volatile History (2010)

    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £40.00

    In this three-part BBC series, professor of theoretical physics Jim Al-Khalili traces the story of how the elements were discovered and mapped. He follows in the footsteps of the pioneers who cracked their...

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  8. Nature Display’d (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Alison Tucker
    Subject
    History; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Studies the complex associations made in the 18th century between the concepts of Woman and Nature, and how these were depicted in art and in sciences. Looks at women in relation to botany, health, charity...

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  9. Teflon

    Subject
    Chemistry; Science

    Podcast about Teflon, covering its origins - including its stint as a top military secret during World War II - followed by a look at the way the product has been marketed and an assessment of the risks of...

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  10. Alchemy (2010)

    Subject
    Chemistry

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Alchemy, the ancient science of transformations. The most famous alchemical text is the Emerald Tablet, written around 500BC and attributed to the mythical...

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