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Philosophy of Science (2005)

Subject

Philosophy; Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 46 minutes), £134.00

Does science explain the world, or does it simply describe it? Can science ever be truly objective? What is the boundary between science and non-science? Does nature have laws? This programme seeks to answer...

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Late Show, The 1 (14 January 1993) (1993 Television)

Subject

Science

Distribution

Off-air recording licence, Television broadcast. col. 45 min.

Sarah Dunant chairs a round table discussion about science’s claims to unique cognitive status and its place in contemporary society and culture. With Professor Lewis Wolpert, Dr Jonathan Miller, Dr Robert...

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Culture Clash. Part 3: Experiments with the Truth (1993 Television)

Subject

Science

Distribution

Off-air recording licence, Television broadcast. col. 50 min.

Historians and sociologists of science gleefully dissect many of the myths and legends of scientific discovery, and look at science as a fertile source of many of the images, myths and ideologies which...

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40 Years of Science Fiction Television (1993 Video)

aka: Forty Years of Science Fiction Television Featuring ‘Star Trek’

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

A selection of occult and science fiction television, beginning with ‘ROCKY JONES, SPACE RANGER and FLASH GORDON and continuing through to the 1990s. Includes SUPERMAN, SCIENCE FICTION THEATRE, OUTER...

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Breathing in Science Fiction (2016)

Subject

Literature; Science

From Darth Vader’s laboured respiration, to the divers gasping for air in James Cameron’s The Abyss, the sounds of breathing in science fiction are not only memorable, they also draw attention to the act...

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Investigators, The (197 Video)

Subject

Education

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 33 min.

The programmes present the purposes and practices of science in the primary school. Each programme deals with a particular aspect and is illustrated by recordings made in Lanarkshire schools. Taken together...

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Science and the English Enlightenment (1982 Video)

Director

Colin Grimshaw

Producer

Denis Smith

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 29 min., 1997 sale: £14.95 (+VAT +p&p) (World Microfilms)

Given that Newtonian science is usually identified with the culture of the Enlightenment of the 18th century, Dr Simon Schaffer considers the relationship between the way of life of the English élite and...

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Making Contact (1998 Video)

Subject

Space science

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Explores the scientific search for alien intelligence in the universe, and covers astronomical, biological and social sciences considerations. Draws parallels between real life and science fiction to answer...

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Primary Science Cd-I

Subject

Education

Distribution

CD-ROM

Interactive training for primary science teachers on CD-i: ‘Issues’ contains case studies in classroom management for teaching science, progression, learning outcomes and science skills in the physical,...

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Culture Clash. Part 1: Form and Formula (1993 Television)

Subject

Science

Distribution

Off-air recording licence, Television broadcast. col. 50 min.

An intellectually stimulating and visually extravagant exploration not just of the ‘two cultures’ debate in modern Britain, but of changing images of science and scientists in history; the place of...

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