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  1. Kid Stuff?

    Date released
    13 Aug 1964
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1836A
    NoS ID
    025638
    Story no
    3 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Kid Stuff?. DESCRIPTION: Model yacht racing is a highly developed adult occupation, as closely controlled by rules and regulations as Cowes Week. Championships were held at Gosport...

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  2. Natural Model, A (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks at a mathematical model for the growth in the population of the barnacle geese that winter on the Solway Firth. In 1948 the geese numbered only 300 and the colony was close to extinction. Protection...

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  3. Piece of Cake, A (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Steve Evanson
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 16 min.

    Illustrates the steps involved in the mathematical modelling cycle, using as an example the need to produce a model for the baking time and a cake of given weight. The model is developed in a discussion...

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  4. Fishing for Figures: Modelling a Population (1982 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min.

    Shows the use of mathematical modelling to estimate and control populations, using fish populations as an example. Shows the mathematics of a simple population model - the logistic equation. Starting from...

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  5. Beating the Morning Rush (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Adamyk
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    A case study of transport planning in Milton Keynes, a rapidly changing modern British city. Shows how planners use sophisticated computer-based modelling techniques to calculate traffic flow on roads yet to...

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  6. Poisson Process, The (1985 Video)

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

    Shows how a mathematical model can be constructed for random events. Using computer simulation the Poisson distribution is developed as a mathematical model and the results compared with the results on an...

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  7. Traffic Futures (1993 Video)

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

    Looks at the use of mathematical modelling in transport planning, examining common criticism of transport models - of how they specify the problem, simplify the problem and how the data they use is often...

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  8. Keeping Your Distance (1993 Video)

    Producer
    John Jaworski
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    You are driving along, unhindered by traffic: how close should you drive to the car in front of you in order to be safe? The programme considers this as a modelling problem and approaches it first with a...

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  9. Water by the Volume (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    A case study of water flow in the River Severn: the Severn Trent Water Authority uses a mathematical model to forecast future conditions of the river system. Water levels must be monitored in order to...

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  10. Nuclear Reactors and Modelling (2017)

    Subject
    Mathematics

    Podcast about mathematical modelling and linear programming. Rick Crawford, a mathematician studying decommissioning of nuclear reactors, explains how he uses mathematical models to determine whether it is...

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