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  1. Electric Skies (1994)

    Director
    Richard Burke
    Producer
    Heather Couper; Nigel Henbest
    Subject
    Physics

    Charts the new wave of experiments and investigations into the 1800 active thunderstorms that occur on earth at any one time. Looks at ball lightning, ribbon lightning and the strange red ‘sprites’ that...

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  2. Life in the Universe (1997 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    An exploration of the origins of life from the beginnnings of the universe, using graphics, animations and QuickTime movies. Includes games, a lecture by Stephen Hawking tracing the history of life, articles...

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  3. Planets, The. Part 6: The Search for Planet X (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    There are currently nine known planets in the solar system. Mathematics of planetary motion predicts a tenth, outer planet and observations of the orbits of Neptune support this theory. Looks at the...

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  4. Planets, The. Part 3: The Blue Planet (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    The earth is unique among planets in the solar system. Looks briefly at the major features in the planet’s development, with a look at the significance of water in the balance of the atmosphere and of...

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  5. Planets, The. Part 5: Planets of Gas (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    Jupiter and Saturn are the first pair of outer planets and are enormous compared to earth. They are dense, compressed masses of gas. From the data sent back by the Pioneer and Voyager space probes, the...

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  6. Planets, The. Part 1: Children of the Sun (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    Begins with an historical look at our knowledge of the solar system, from the ancient stone circles to the Greek view that the sun and planets rotated around the earth. Galileo and his opposing view is...

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  7. Planets, The. Part 4: The Angry Red Planet (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    Mars, the red planet, is historically believed to contain life because of its straight canals, seen through earlier astronomers’ telescopes. Looks at the exploration of the planet by the Mariner and Viking...

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  8. Planets, The. Part 7: Are we Alone? (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    Earth is the only planet in the solar system to sustain life. Explains how the analysis of meteorites and comet observations give insights into the origins of the solar system. Infra-red telescopes in space...

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  9. Planets, The. Part 2: Mercury and Venus (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. It was not thought to rotate on its own axis so a solar day would equal a year. Shows how modern radar telescope techniques disproved this theory. The Mariner 10...

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  10. Redshift 3 (1998 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Multimedia astronomy. Information on 250,000 stars and 40,000 ‘deep space objects’ - nebula, star clusters and galaxies, which can be viewed from various perspectives. Also contains a number of...

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