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  1. Frozen Solid (2018)

    Subject
    Physics; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    The behaviour of matter at temperatures close to absolute zero is driving the advance of technology, from superconductors to quantum computing. In this BBC documentary, physicist Dr Helen Czerski ventures to...

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  2. Temperature for Life, A (2018)

    Subject
    Physics; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    Physicist Dr Helen Czerski explores the narrow band of temperature that has led to life on Earth. Czerski uncovers the natural engineering that animals have evolved to keep their bodies at the right...

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  3. Playing with Fire (2018)

    Subject
    Physics; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    Our ability to harness heat has led to some of humanity’s greatest achievements, from the molten metals that enabled us to make tools, to the great engines of the Industrial Revolution powered by steam, to...

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  4. Novel Explanation and the Special Sciences: Lessons from Physics (2017)

    Subject
    Philosophy; Physics

    Audio recording of a talk given by Eleanor Knox, who is a Lecturer in Philosophy at King’s College London, on 23rd January 2017. Knox’s work has two strands, one in the foundations of spacetime physics,...

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  5. Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives (2017)

    Subject
    Physics; Science
    Distribution
    Out of distribution

    Professor Jim Al-Khalili investigates the science of gravity in this 90 minute programme.

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  6. Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics (2017)

    aka: Making Sound, Using Sound

    Producer
    Suzy Boyles
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 2 x 60 minutes), £331.00

    BBC documentary series exploring the physics of sound. In the first episode, MAKING SOUND, scientists from the University of Leicester use lasers to reveal how Big Ben vibrates and creates waves at...

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  7. State of the Universe, The (2017)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Film

    Our universe was created in ‘The Big Bang’ and has been expanding ever since. In this public lecture, Professor Brian Schmidt, from the Department of Physics at University of Oxford, describes the vital...

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  8. Do Black Holes Have No Hair? (2016)

    Producer
    Jim Frank
    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics

    Radio 4 broadcast. The first of Professor Hawking’s 2015 Reith lectures delivered 24 November 2015 at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Professor Hawking describes the history of scientific thinking...

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  9. Black Holes Are Not As Black As They Are Painted (2016)

    Producer
    Jim Frank
    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics

    Radio 4 broadcast. The second of Professor Hawking’s 2015 Reith lectures delivered 1 December 2015 at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Professor Hawking describes the history of scientific thinking...

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  10. Colour: The Spectrum of Science (2016)

    Director
    Alex Hemingway
    Producer
    Alex Hemingway
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 3x50 minutes), £585

    Documentary series presented by Helen Czerski. Just 15 colours tell the entire story of Earth, life and scientific discovery. The series explains how each of these colours occurs, unlocking the mysteries of...

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