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  1. 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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  2. Safe Use of Electronic Charts, The (2001 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 2001 sale: £550.00

    Electronic charts offer many benefits to navigation but there is still considerable confusion surrounding the different systems available and their acceptability as the means of primary navigation. This...

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  3. Portuguese Voyages of Discovery, The (1992 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Reflects on the momentous voyages of Portuguese navigators in the 15th century. Uses a full-scale replica of a caravel of the period to re-create the conditions of those voyages and shows how sailors used...

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  4. Last Navigator, The (1989 Video)

    Director
    André Singer
    Producer
    Martin Pick
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI, INCA), Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) INCA 2000 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) RAI

    Concerns the clash of two cultures and two technologies. The technology is navigation, traditional and Western, and the cultures are Satawal, one of the Caroline Islands in Micronesia, and the United States....

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  5. Charting the Frozen Sea (1982)

    Director
    Guy Dufaux
    Subject
    Geography; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Safe navigation corridors through Arctic waters are necessary if Canada is to exploit and transport Arctic oil and gas reserves in the coming decade. Looks at the work of the research ship ‘CSS Hudson’...

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  6. Navigation (1981 Video)

    Producer
    David Hyole
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

    During the 17th century many advances in practical and instrumental navigation took place. These were aided by other scientific developments, and in turn navigational requirement gave impetus to developments...

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  7. Numbers in the Sky (1980 Film, Video)

    Director
    Hugh Raggett
    Producer
    Barry Palin; Sue Tramontini
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Examines the relationship between the pilot and the aircraft, and the effects of the introduction of electronics.

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  8. Watch on the Channel (1979 Film, Video)

    Director
    K M Burtt
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the operation of the Channel Navigation Information Service (CNIS) and the role of the sponsor in providing scientific and technical support, particularly in the radar recording of ship traffic...

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  9. Faraday Lectures 1972: Part 1: History and Principles of Navigation, The: Dead Reckoning and Inertial Navigation (1972 Film)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Defines ‘navigation’ and shows how man developed methods of homing and how to determine latitude and longitude, using dead reckoning. Following Faraday’s discovery of electro-magnetic induction came...

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  10. Field Astronomy (4 Parts) (1958 Film)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Part 1: Animated film shows the uses of astronomy in field surveys and the effects of the relative motions of the earth, sun and stars. Part 2: Animated film illustrates the geographical and celestial...

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