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  1. Lebanese Rocket Society, The (2014)

    Subject
    Arabic studies; Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 96 minutes), £17.99

    This film traces the little-known story of Lebanon’s space programme and tells how in the 1960s, scientists and students at the Armenian University in Beirut, led by Manoug Manougian, began developing and...

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  2. Women in Chemistry: Mildred Cohn (2014)

    Subject
    Chemistry

    Mildred Cohn transformed the study of enzymes, building her own high-tech instruments when the right ones weren’t available. She also helped pioneer the technique of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and...

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  3. Thin Ice: The Inside Story of Climate Change (2013)

    Director
    Simon Lamb; David Sington
    Producer
    David Sington; Catherine Fitzgerald; Simon Lamb
    Subject
    Environmental science

    This film is the result of geologist Simon Lamb’s desire to present the views of climate scientists in the face of increasing criticism of their work. Lamb followed scientists at work in the Arctic,...

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  4. Science Britannica (2013)

    Subject
    Science

    Three part series in which Professor Brian Cox looks at British scientists and their contributions to the modern world.

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  5. Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit Up the World, The (2013)

    aka: Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit Up the World

    Subject
    Chemistry; Physics; Science; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    How did the first woman to win the Nobel prize achieve such great things in a time when a woman’s place was in the home? This BBC documentary tells the story of her lifetime including her status as a...

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  6. Final Frontier? Horizon Guide to the Universe (2012)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    Since 1964, the BBC documentary series HORIZON, has been producing programmes about space science and astronomy, joining scientists as they have probed the secrets of the universe, from the origin of dark...

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  7. Dorothy Hodgkin (2012)

    Subject
    Chemistry; Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at the life and career of Dorothy Hodgkin, who discovered the structures of penicillin, insulin, and vitamin B12 through her ground-breaking approach to crystallography. Part of The...

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  8. Jocelyn Bell Burnell (2012)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at the life and career of Jocelyn Bell Burnell the astrophysicist who discovered pulsars, the beams of radiation emitted by rapidly spinning neutron stars. Part of The New...

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  9. Women in Science (2011)

    Subject
    Science; Women’s studies

    How have individual female scientists contributed to the advancement of science through time? To celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day (8 March 2011) and to mark the International...

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  10. Black History: From Civil War Through Today (2008)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 1080 minutes), £39.99

    DISC 1 IN THE BEGINNING The Civil War - A vivid dramatization of the war which shaped the social landscape for black Americans for centuries to come. The Plantation System - A stark portrayal of plantation...

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