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Wallace in Wales (1997 Video)

Producer

Jenny Bardwell

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Some of Charles Darwin’s fame for the discovery of evolutionary theory is these days shared with fellow scientist Alfred Russel Wallace. Traces his life in South Wales and the Welsh borders, where Wallace...

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Genius of Charles Darwin, The (2008)

Subject

Biology; Philosophy; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £19.99

Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins explores the work of Charles Darwin in this 3-part series for Channel 4. Darwin’s theory of evolution has always been at the crux of Dawkins’ criticism of...

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Lifelines (1998 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Considers some of the key contributors to the development of our understanding of inheritance, focusing on the work of Darwin and his theory of natural selection, Mendel’s breeding experiments and on...

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Organic Evolution (1986 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 1999 sale: £29.50 (+VAT +p&p)

Traces the development of various theories of evolution. In six 10-minute segments: In the Beginning (the Biblical account of creation and challenges by Linnaeus, Buffon and Lamarck); Darwin, naturally;...

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Scientific Enquiry: Big Questions - The Nature of Scientific Enquiry

Subject

Science

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 5 x 100 minutes), £19.00

Five 20-minute programmes on the life, work and struggles of scientists who have made great intellectual leaps: Faraday, Darwin, Mendel, Mendeleev, and Hubble. The programmes ask how they did it, what they...

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Father and son (Audio) (2002)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette), £22.99

Peter Joyce reads Edmund Gosse’s celebrated autobiographical book.

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Did Darwin Kill God? (2009)

Subject

Biology; Philosophy; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

Can Darwin and religion exist side by side? In this thought-provoking programme, Anglican Christian, philosopher and theologian Conor Cunningham explains why these two beliefs are not in conflict. Richard...

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Growing Up in the Universe (2007)

Director

Stuart McDonald

Subject

Biology; Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £12.00

This series of talks by Richard Dawkins was originally presented as the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, 1991. Dawkins discusses the evolution of life in the universe.

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Animated Life of A.R. Wallace, The

Director

Flora Lichtman; Sharon Shattuck

Subject

Biology

This animated paper puppet video celebrates the life of Alfred Russel Wallace, who is co-credited, along with Charles Darwin, with conceptualising the theory of natural selection. [8 minutes]

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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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