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  1. Living with Cracks (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 19 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Starting with materials that are notch-sensitive, looks at predominantly elastic material, and explains how the plane strain fracture toughness is established for any particular material. The technique of...

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  2. Human Brain Development: Nature and Nurture (2007)

    Subject
    Biology; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 30 minutes), £125.00

    This film, produced at the brain development laboratory at Oregon University, explores the fascinating interplay of genetic predispositions and circumstance after birth in the development of the brain and...

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  3. Brain That Changes Itself, The: The Plasticity of the Brain (2009)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 45 minutes), $295.00

    For centuries the human brain has been thought of as incapable of fundamental change. People suffering from neurological defects, brain damage or strokes were usually written-off as hopeless cases. But...

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  4. Maguire: Navigation and Brain Structure (2010)

    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 15 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    Eleanor Maguire discusses her seminal study Navigation-Related Structural Changes in the Hippocampus of Taxi Drivers, looking at its context and aims, groundbreaking methods, surprising findings and what...

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  5. Metal Deformation (1969 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    When metals are tested to breaking point, at a certain stage they undergo plastic deformation. Diagrams, animations and models illustrate various theoretical aspects of this deformation. The theory has...

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  6. Behaviour of Unrestrained Steel Beams, The (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 1995 sale: £200.00 (inclusive)

    Shows details of the bending and twisting of a beam, demonstrating that a stocky beam collapses due to plasticity, while a slender beam collapses due to lateral torsional buckling. Presents formulae...

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  7. Some Principles of Basic Metallurgy (9 Parts) (1975 Video)

    Producer
    John S Murray
    Subject
    Engineering; Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Betamax, VHS. st. col. 32 min.

    Nine animated (except for part 7) films demonstrating basic metallurgy. 1: Solidification of metals. 2: Dislocations and plasticity. 3: Dislocation - precipitate interactions, cutting coherent precipitates....

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  8. Structural Materials (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min., 1999 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the mechanical testing of materials. Tensile and impact tests are widely used to compare the performance of materials being manufactured. Here tensile tests are performed on low-carbon steel and...

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  9. Nuts and Bolts of the Mind (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 59 min., 1997 sale: 25.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Professor Susan Greenfield conducts a tour of the brain with a small group that includes schoolchildren and graduates. A brief historical introduction is followed by a discussion on our present, admittedly...

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  10. Development in the Visual Cortex (1973 Video)

    Producer
    David Rowan
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 9 min.

    Presents the results of Dr Colin Blakemore’s 1970s’ research on plasticity of neuronal responses in the visual cortex. Describes the concept of a ‘sensitive period’ in visual development by reference...

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