Learning on ScreenMasters of the Ionosphere
- Synopsis
- Documents the bizarre history of scientific attempts to understand the atmospheric layer called the ionosphere and the American military’s plan to master this volatile region with a $58m machine in Alaska to change the way the ionosphere moves. Another project hopes to use it as a giant antenna for radio waves.
- Series
- Horizon, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
- Year of production
- 1996
- Availability
- Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC2 on 12/2/96.
- Subjects
- Astronomy
- Keywords
- aurora borealis; earth; ionosphere; weather
Credits
- Producer
- Tim Haines
- Contributor
- John Lynch
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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