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  1. Shape of Cars to Come, The (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby
    Subject
    Design; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    The design of a mass produced object is subject to two forces - technical considerations (such as performance) and market appeal. Explores the mixture, and sometimes conflict, between these forces at work on...

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  2. Biology of Spiders. No. 9: Capture of Prey and Mating: ‘Hyptiotes Paradoxus’ (1965 Film)

    Director
    E R Skinner; G H Thompson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The triangle spider, ‘Hyptiotes paradoxus’, makes a web of unique shape. Moreover, the spider bridges a gap on the apical line with its body so that it holds up and tensions the entire web. When courting...

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  3. History of Dress (5 Parts) (1977 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    1: Ways in which clothes have been used throughout history to accentuate, disguise, distort and hide the body. 2: Fabric and style, how the materials from which clothes are made have varied, and how the form...

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  4. Living Body, The (26 Parts) (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 x 26 min.

    A series examining the human living body in its entirety, answering questions such as what underlies movement, thinking, eating and breathing, how one body gives birth to another, how can the human eye be so...

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  5. Examined Life, The (26 Parts) (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Philosophy
    Distribution
    out of distribution, 26 videocassettes. VHS. col. 26 x 30 min., 2001 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p) each part 2001 sale: £99.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) set

    The series addresses great questions philosophers have pursued down the ages, showing the diverse ways varous philsophers have approached each question. Aims to encourage the development of critical thinking...

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