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Scientific Enquiry: Big Questions - The Nature of Scientific Enquiry

Synopsis
Five 20-minute programmes on the life, work and struggles of scientists who have made great intellectual leaps: Faraday, Darwin, Mendel, Mendeleev, and Hubble. The programmes ask how they did it, what they owed to their contemporaries, why were their ideas so often resisted, and what their stories reveal about the nature of scientific enquiry.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Documentation
Support pack giving more detail of the life and work of the scientists featured, available separately

Programme notes available online at www.channel4.com/programmenotes
Uses
Students 14+
Subjects
Science
Keywords
history of science; philosophy of science; scientific research; scientists

Distribution Formats

Type
VHS
Format
PAL
Price
£19.00
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
5 x 100 minutes
Year
2006

Sections

Title
Faraday’s Famous Inventions
Synopsis
The story of how Michael Faraday became a world-famous scientist.
Duration
20 mins

Title
Darwin’s Evolution
Synopsis
The origins of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
Duration
20 mins

Title
Mendel and the Gene Splicers
Synopsis
Gregor Mendel’s experiements laid the foundations for understanding genetic inheritance.
Duration
20 mins

Title
Mendeleev’s Dream
Synopsis
The story of how Dmitri Mendeleev devised the periodic table of the elements.
Duration
20 mins

Title
Hubble’s Expanding Universe
Synopsis
The story of how the expanding universe was discovered.
Duration
20 mins

Distributor

Name

4 Learning

Notes
Channel 4 Learning has now closed. This used to be the educational broadcasting arm of Channel 4. The online shop sold educational DVDs and CD-ROMs for use in primary and secondary schools.
Name

AVP

Email
info@avp.co.uk
Web
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Phone
01291 625439
Fax
01291 629671
Address
School Hill Centre
Chepstow
Monmouthshire
NP16 5PH
Notes
Use for: Audio Visual Productions. Ceased trading.

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