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  1. Sir Walter’s Journey (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The history of Britain as known from the genetic makeup it her people. Geneticist Sir Walter Bodmer sets out on a journey around Britain to prove how our genes can uncover a hidden history of our people,...

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  2. Half Hearted About Semi-Skimmed (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Tessa Livingstone
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines social and scientific issues around the current cholesterol debate. Looks at Britain’s shameful record for heart disease and at the British diet of fatty food and full cream milk. Asks whether the...

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  3. Molecules with Sunglasses (1992 Video)

    Producer
    John Lynch
    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    For thousands of years scientists knew of only two types of carbon: diamond and graphite. In 1990 a third form of carbon, buckminsterfullerene, C60, was discovererd and has revolutionised chemistry. Tells...

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  4. Allergic to the 20th Century (1993 Video)

    Producer
    John Groom
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Asthma has reached epidemic proportions in the western world and is now increasing in the developing world. Scientistsbelieve the cause may be an allergic reaction to something in the 20th-century lifestyle....

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  5. Some Liked It Hot (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Chris Hale
    Subject
    Anthropology; Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    How did our ancestors evolve their large brains? Inspired by Cray super-computer cooling systems and a car radiator, scientists have now linked big brain with walking upright. Living in the new hotter...

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  6. Black Sun, The (1992 Video)

    Producer
    Jane Callander
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the solar eclipse over Hawaii on 11 July 1991. The Path of Totality swept over the telescopes of the observatory on Mauna Kea mountain as it passed from the Pacific to South America. Magnetic storms...

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  7. Electronic Frontier, The (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Sheila Hayman
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the growth of personal computer industry. Bill Gates of Microsoft is one of America’s richest men. The key to future profits is something portable and friendly and linked to a stream of digital...

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  8. Inside Chernobyl Sarcophagus (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Edward Briffa
    Subject
    Physics; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Chernobyl Unit Four exploded in April 1986. The ruins of the reactor, which will remaing radioactive for more than 100,000 years, lie buried in the ‘sarcophagus’. Shows the inside of the sarcophagus,...

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  9. Small Arms, Soft Targets (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Martin Freeth
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    In recent years the design of anti-personnel weapons has raced ahead. But new generations of automatic rifles, fragmentation weapons and landmines are producing an epidemic of horrifying injuries on the...

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  10. Resurrecting the Dead Sea Scrolls (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Teresa Hunt
    Subject
    Archaeology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Considers the latest scientific evidence concerning the Dead Sea Scrolls and shows how archaeology is not only providing an insight into the documents, but is also fuelling the controversy over how the...

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