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  1. Actuality of space shuttle Columbia (1981)

    Genre
    Special

    Recording of NASA mission control’s radio communication with the Columbia space shuttle as it takes off for its maiden flight into space from Houston. Speaking are crew members Commander John W. Young;...

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  2. Computer Simulations of Galaxy Clusters (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 min.

    Computer simulations of galaxy clusters.

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  3. Astronomy (1985 Video)

    Director
    Suzanne Campbell-Jones
    Producer
    Bob Thorpe
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows how the development of bigger and better computerised telescopes has advanced knowledge of the night sky.

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  4. Measuring the Universe: From the Transit of Venus to the Edge of the Cosmos (2012)

    Subject
    Astronomy

    This short film explains how the transit of Venus was used in previous centuries to make an accurate measure of the distance to the planets, giving astronomers their first inkling of the true scale of space.

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  5. Riccardo Giacconi - Cosmic X-Ray Sources (2005)

    Subject
    Physics

    Riccardo Giacconi was awarded half of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2002 "for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources" The other half was awarded to...

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  6. Message of Starlight, The (1983 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Describes the birth and death of stars. Filmed at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux, and at the Department of Astrophysics at Oxford University.

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  7. Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (2013)

    Subject
    Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 176 inutes), £6.25

    Science documentary series in three parts. Stephen Hawking considers the possibility of intelligent alien life, theories of time travel and explains the origins of the universe.

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  8. Nova: The Elegant Universe (2012)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 180 minutes), $19.99

    Physicist Brian Greene presents this documentary about string theory, illustrating complex ideas with vivid, clear images and providing an accessible introduction to the concepts of unified field theory and...

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  9. History of the Universe, The (1997 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    A CD-ROM exploration of the workings of the universe, looking at topics such as black holes, the Big Bang, gravity, relativity, galaxies, dark matter, superstrings and parallel universes. With glossary,...

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  10. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)

    Director
    Brannon Braga
    Producer
    Ann Druyan
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 780 minutes), £19.99

    Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts a reboot of Carl Sagan’s COSMOS, the landmark 1980 PBS series that explored all aspects of the universe. The new version features an upgrade of the Cosmic Calendar,...

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