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  1. Colourful Notions (1985 Video)

    Producer
    John Ross
    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at theories of colour perception. The tradition theory holds that humans see colour because there are cones in the eye which analyse the red, green and blue components of objects. Dr Edwin Land, who...

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  2. Goddess of the Earth (1985 Video)

    Producer
    John Groom
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines the Dr James Lovelock’s Gaia hypothesis which argues that life itself actively controls the environment to enhance its own chances of survival and that the earth an all living things upon it are...

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  3. What Einstein Never Knew (1985 Video)

    Producer
    James Burge; Andrew Millington
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Discusses the latest developments in theoretical physics. The goal is to unify the four forces of nature: gravity, electromagnetism, the strong force and the weak force into a single law. Einstein died...

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  4. Conquest of the Parasites, The (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Jon Palfreman
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows the debilitating effects of parasitic diseases such as malaria, bilharzia and filarial diseases, which include elephantiasis and river blindnes, which are endemic in the developing world. Other...

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  5. Ivan (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Patrick Uden
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Portrait of Ivan Vaughan, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, and his efforts to cope with his illness. His way of coming to terms with it is to treat it as a hobby, learning as much as he could about...

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  6. Mathematical Mystery Tour, A (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Jon Palfreman
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A look at pure mathematics, featuring the Japanese mathematicians who broke their own world record calculating pi to 16 m decimal points, a $25,000 prize for the first person to prove that there is an...

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  7. Mind of a Murderer, The (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Michael Barnes
    Subject
    Law; Psychiatry
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 60 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) both parts

    The true story of mass murderer Kenneth Bianchi, known as the Hillside Strangler, who was responsible for the murder of 12 young women in the USA from 1977 to 1979. He appeared to have no memory of the...

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  8. New Green Revolution, A (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Martin Freeth
    Subject
    Agriculture; Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    An economist, Keith Griffin (President of Magdalen College, Oxford) looks critically at the new ‘green revolution’ as scientists work in Mexico, Bangladesh and the Philippines to help small farmers grow...

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  9. Spies in the Wires (1984 Video)

    Producer
    John Groom
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at ways in which computer security can be breached and at efforts to prevent this and to preserve the privacy of electronic data. Discusses the Data Encryptation Standard (DES), used by the London...

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  10. Supercharged: The Grand Prix Car (1924-1939) (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Brian Johnson
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The history of Grand Prix motor racing from 1924, when a British Sunbeam raced with a supercharged engine, to 1939. Uses archive film and restored historic cars driven by Grand Prix driver John Watson.

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