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  1. Time to Be Born, A (1993)

    Producer
    Barrie Whatley
    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Looks at three aspects of development that take place in the first few months of life. The cardiovascular system is already fully developed at birth, but the neonate’s first breaths trigger important...

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  2. Designs for Living (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Barrie Whatley
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Using simple demonstrations and time-lapse photography explains the principles underlying the structures of seedlings, shoots, herbaceous plants, trees and leaves. Using the microscope, examines how these...

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  3. Harvesting the Sun (1991 Video)

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

    A review of our knowledge of how plants utilise sunlight, including the research that led to the 1988 Nobel Prize for chemistry. Plants produce oxygen when exposed to light, and produce starch. The green...

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  4. Looking Glass World (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Barrie Whatley
    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Many organic compounds which are otherwise chemically identical are related to each other as the left hand is to the right. This molecular handedness can be vitally important when synthesising drugs....

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  5. Mammalian Kidney, The (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Barrie Whatley
    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows the structure of the vertebrate kidney, and uses in vivo renal micropuncture techniques to discover how the kidney functions. After showing what happens along the various sections of the kidney...

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  6. Mammals in Water (1991 Video)

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

    Compares the physiological adaptations made by a variety of diving mammals (whales, seals, dolphins) to water. The adaptations are found mainly in the thermo-regulatory and circulatory systems. Compares the...

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  7. Molluscs, Mechanisms and Minds (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Barrie Whatley
    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    J Z Young’s identification of the squid giant axon in the 1930s was the foundation of the study of how we might learn about our own nervous systems from the study of those of other animals. Archive film...

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  8. Nerves (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Barrie Whatley
    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Explains the mechanisms that control the operation of human nerves, including the formation and propagation of action potentials, the action of voltage activated ion gates and ligand activated ion gates, the...

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  9. Patterns in Green (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Barrie Whatley
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the simple patterns that underlie the myriad diversity of form in plants and flowers. Despite apparent complexity most leaf patterns and flowers are variations on three basic patterns, which are...

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  10. Projecting Visions (1991 Video)

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

    Based on research being carried out at the Developmental Biology Center, University of California at Irvine, the film discusses the development of the peripheral and central nervous system in chicks,...

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