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  1. Non-Euclidean Geometry, A 2 (1978 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks in detail at on of the non-Euclidean geometries where there is no longer a unique line through a given point parallel to a given line. The example given is the Poincare disc, where lines are defines as...

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  2. File Hierarchies and Reorganisation (1987 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Looks at the way in which British Airways use computers for seat reservations. Animations show how files are structured with a hierarchy of indexes to allow fast access to static information about flights....

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  3. Look to the Future, A (1990 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Looks at how computing might develop over the next few years by examining the increasingly sophisticated use of the screen interface. Looks at three research projects: icon displays for exploratory data...

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  4. Leon Brittan guests on talk show (1980)

    Genre
    Advertisement; Phone-in; News bulletin; Interview; Talk show

    Vivian White presents a phone-in programme discussing left-handedness; the government proposal to legalise CB radios; letter from David Steel, Liberal Party leader offering a coalition with the Labour Party;...

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  5. Controlling the Sky (1990 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Examines on the interface between computer systems and the people who use them, looking at a project to update the air traffic control system in the US as an example. Although air traffic control uses an...

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  6. Tilings at the Alhambra (1995 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Design; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines the different types of patterns in the decorations of the walls of the Alhambra Palace in the finest tradition of Moorish Spain. Shows that most of the patterns are repetitive and may therefore be...

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  7. Reflecting on Conics 1 (1987 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Investigates the so-called reflection properties of conics. If a mirror is shaped like a conic and a light ray passes through one focus, it will be reflected to go through the other focus. This property is...

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  8. Only Four Colours (1995 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Design; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A century ago it was ‘proved’ that only four colours were needed to colour a map. Kempe’s proof of the four-colour theorem and the counter-example by Heawood are presented in a dramatised...

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  9. Top-Down Design (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks at a standard technique used for preparing computer software - the method of top-down design - where an outline strategic design is produced and this is then refined until it is detailed enough to be...

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  10. Modelling Cranes (1978 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Engineering; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1994 sale: £60.00 (+VAT +p&p) combined with three other programmes from the course on a single cassette.

    Looks at the elements or elementary statics of crane design. Forces are represented by vectors and, using the parallelogram law, measurements are made of the resultant forces which various members of the...

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