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Plugging into the Sun (1993 Video)

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Recorded on location at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, the programme looks at the research of Swiss chemist Prof Michael Gr‰tzel, which has led to the development of a new form of solar...

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Prizewinners, The: Interview with John Kendrew (1962 Video)

Subject

Science

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. 60 min.

Nobel Prize-winning chemist Dr John Kendrew shows how, even at the time of the Snow-Leavis ‘two cultures’ debate, some Cambridge scientists were managing effortlessly to transcend the science-arts divide...

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Men of Harwell

Date released

1958

Series name

Topic

Issue no

9

NoS ID

329659

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: Joan and Julius Evans, an American couple touring Britain, visit Harwell, the centre of atomic research in Britain. They talk with the scientists and learn about their work, hobbies and family...

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Was Anybody There? (1997 Video)

Producer

Jenny Bardwell

Subject

Religious studies

Distribution

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

Looks at the Victorial fascination with spiritualism through the story of a young medium, Florence Cook, who produced a ‘spirit’ at seances called ‘Katie King’. Physicist and chemist William Crookes,...

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Reaction Mechanisms 1: Hydrolysis (1986 Video)

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min., 1999 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p) pair

A reaction mechanism is the chemist’s model of the individual molecular processes that result in the gross observations of chemical reactions. Analyses the way in which the mechanisms of a hydrolysis...

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Aromatherapy (2005)

aka: Day at the Spa: Aromatherapy

Subject

FE; Health Education

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £5.99

First discovered by French chemist Rene Gattefosse, aromatherapy of a sort occurs every day in our lives. This video teaches viewers about the basic principles of aromatherapy, which involves the...

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Essential Chemistry (1988 Video)

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.

Shows applications of colour chemistry to textiles and fashion and also to the filmless camera. A chemist analyses old paintings as an aid to conservation and another developes water-borne gloss paint for...

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Chemistry of Power, The (1995 Video)

Producer

Science Production Group

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

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

The irony of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize; chemist Roald Hoffman reads his poem about Nobel Prize-winner Fritz Haber and explains how in his opinion chemists have a...

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Victorian Pharmacy (2010)

Producer

David Upshal

Subject

Chemistry; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £6.99

The Victorians brought healthcare within the reach of ordinary people for the very first time, and heralded a consumer revolution that reached far beyond medicine to create the model for the modern high...

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Beyond the Naked Eye: The Man Who Loved Trees (2003)

Subject

Chemistry; Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 30 minutes), £34.00 (CM)

This programme explores the role of Don Tomalia as a chemist and his discovery of dendrimers. Given a chemistry set as a boy, Don Tomalia developed a career at the Dow Chemicals Company where he discovered...

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