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We are in a golden age of solar science. Scientists are making remarkable discoveries about the inferno at the Sun’s core and the magnetic chaos of its surface. This programme explores the past, present...
A video recording of the BA Lord Kelvin Award Lecture 2005 given by Robert Walsh. The sun is vital for providing all the light, heat and energy required for life to have evolved on our planet. However, our...
A recording of a lecture delivered as part of the London Mathematical Society’s Popular Lecture series. Dr H.E. Mason of Camirbdge University discusses how mathematics helps to unravel the mysteries of the...
Investigates the nature and processes of the sun, and includes footage taken by the space probes SOHO and Ulysses. Explores the structure of the sun as well as solar phenomena such a sunspots, solar...
This film documents the life of our closest star and the forces that sustain it, following humanity’s fascination with the sun, from the primitive desert astronomy of Native Americans to the first...
An account of space exploration and discovery from the first attempts to magnify the sky to space travel. Contains computer-created footage, actual footage shot from spacecraft and archive film. Narrated by...
A record of the total eclipse seen in the south-west of England on 11 August 1999.
Six bands for use with S103 course study units and showing scientific experiments, demonstration and animations that clarify the dynamic nature of scientific processes: 1) The photoelectric effect; 2)...
A series investigating the universe using video recordings taken from space. Filmed by astronaut Claude Nicollier, with contributions from scientists and experts at the European Space Agency. 1: Images of...
Shows how the most dramatic phenomena that we see on the surface (photosphere) of the sun, such as sunspots and flares, are produced by still enigmatic invisible magnetic forces. Some of the most violent...
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