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  1. Symmetries of the Cube (1972 Film)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The symmetries of a square are exhibited as products of reflections. The octahedral group is studied via reflections produced by an octahedral kaleidoscope, and it is shown how the construction of these is...

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  2. Platonic Solids, The / Octet for Truss and Comb (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 56 min., 2000 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Two programmes for use with course units GE5 and GE6: 1) The Platonic Solids (25 min): Classifies the direct symmetry groups of five regular solids. Introduces them and shows how they are built up from their...

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  3. Murderous Maths with Kjartan Poskitt

    Subject
    Education; Mathematics

    Which is the easiest table to learn? Why is 1089 a weird number? What are all the possible nets of a cube? In this video for BBC Scotland Kjartan Poskitt explains it all; Poskitt uses tricks and puzzles to...

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  4. Invisible Force, The (196 Video)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 19 min.

    The story of magnetism. Illustrates the ways in which scientists found that magnetism existed and how, through research, industry has revealed more of the nature of this force. Discusses the development and...

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  5. Playing with Fire 1 (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. col. 95 min.

    Video recording using a single camera of a performance of ‘Playing with Fire’ by August Strindberg, by Red Cube at the Studio Theatre of the Theatre Museum, London, in April 1995.

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  6. Five Shapes (2005)

    Subject
    Architecture; Mathematics

    In new series about Five Shapes, mathematician Marcus du Sautoy finds his favourite forms in some highly unlikely places. He visits a spherical building in Paris, hears music inspired by the symmetries of...

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  7. Tim Marlow with Gilbert & George (2007)

    Director
    Ben Harding; Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 80 minutes), £20.00

    Self-proclaimed living sculptures Gilbert & George join Tim Marlow in a walk around their "Major Exhibition" at Tate Modern, where they discuss humanity, sex, death, race and religion; their love of the city...

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  8. Shakey: An Experiment in Robot Planning and Learning (197 Film)

    Producer
    Peter Hart; Nils Nilsson
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the progress of an experiment in getting a robot to plan how to achieve a new task in terms of its existing abilities. The plan, which in this case is to push a wooden cube in front of a doorway to...

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  9. Feel the Heat (2002)

    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £130.50 + VAT

    A series of six programmes in which five scientists are marooned, with very basic equipment, on the Caribbean island of Carriacou, just north of Granada, where they are challenged to use their scientific...

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  10. Living Architecture: Rudolf Laban and the Geometry of Dance. (2008)

    Director
    Becky Edmunds
    Subject
    Dance; Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0), £15.99

    LIVING ARCHITECTURE presents, for the first time, Rudolph Laban’s space harmony dance material, its geometric basis and the spiritual philosophy that is embedded in it.Researched and presented by dance...

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