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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. Philip Larkin (1982 Film, Video)

    Director
    Andrew Snell
    Producer
    Andrew Snell
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Interviews Larkin’s friends Kingsley Amis and Noel Hughes and talks to critics and admirers - Professor Christopher Ricks, the playwright Alan Bennett and the poet Andrew Motion - about Larkin and his...

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  5. Ghosts in the Dinosaur Graveyard (1993 Video)

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

    The Gobi Desert of Mongolia is the world’s harshest places and its greatest dinosaur graveyard. An expedition from the American Museum of Natural History follows in the 1920s’ footsteps of one of the...

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  6. Against the Clock (1994 Video)

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

    Technology has brought round-the-clock civilisation and convenience. Airlines, power stations, and even all-night creches are features of the industrialised world. But for those who keep it running, staying...

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  7. Life is Impossible (1993 Video)

    Producer
    John Lynch
    Subject
    Astronomy; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 48 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at theories on the origins of life. When did life begin and did it evolve on earth, in the sea or in space? In 1953, scientists thought that they had found the answer with a recipe for a primordial...

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  8. Ulcer Wars (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Michael Mosley
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 48 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Until the mid-1970s the only answer to serious peptic ulcers was surgery. The popular belief then, and now, is that ulcers are due to stress, which causes the stomach to produce acid. Barry Marshall...

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