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  1. Revenge of the Electric Car (2012)

    Director
    Chris Paine
    Subject
    Energy; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £5.99

    By 2006, as many as 5,000 electric cars were destroyed by the major car companies that built them. Today, the electric car is back... with a vengeance. From the director of WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? this...

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  2. Who Killed the Electric Car? (2007)

    Director
    Chris Paine
    Subject
    Business studies; Engineering; Politics & government; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £19.99

    In the 1990s, following California’s passing of the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate, American car companies began producing electric cars for mainstream consumption. GM’s EV1, which was by all accounts...

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  3. Question is...?, The (1995 Video)

    Producer
    David Poyser
    Subject
    Philosophy; Religious studies; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min., 1995 sale: £24.95 (inclusive)

    Four programmes examining issues at the interface of science and religion: the origins of the universe, evolution, miracles and the nature of science. Each part includes interviews with scientists and...

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  4. Apples, Risks and Recriminations (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Bill Young
    Subject
    Agriculture; Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min., 1999 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the controversy surrounding the use of Alar on apples as an example of public anxiety about chemicals and food.

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  5. 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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  6. Silicones (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Crilly; Jack Koumi
    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £95.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Silicones can be tailored at the molecular level for a diversity of applications, including moulded silicone-based materials, adhesives, sealants, coatings and lubricants that are used in motor cars, in...

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  7. Ceramics, Liquid Crystals, Synthetic Metals, Superconductors (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Crilly; Jack Koumi
    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 45 min.

    Liquid crystal can be thought of as a fourth state of matter, between liquid and solid. The programme describes the three phases of liquid crystal: smectic, nematic and cholesteric. Friedrich Reinitzer’s...

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  8. Mosquitoes and Malaria (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 13 min.

    Demonstrates both the older dissection technique (carried out in 1953 by P G Shute and R S Bray) and the modern enzyme-linked-immunosorbent techniques (ELIZA) for the detection of malaria sporozoites and...

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  9. Mud Matters (1988 Video)

    Producer
    Jeffery Boswall
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Hire (c/o Educational Distribution serivce) Sale (video only - RSPB Film & Video Unit), Videocassette. VHS. col. 29 min., 1997 sale: £8.15 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Shows the importance of Britain’s estuaries for as many as 20 species of bird. That they are endangered may spell disaster for the two million ducks, geese and wading shore birds which depend on them for...

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  10. Cellular Growth (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Neil Cameron
    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    What makes cell growth go wrong? Dr Mike Waterfield, Director of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in London, has been interested in the epidermal growth factor/receptor system and his research team...

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