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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. Soundbreaking (2017)

    Director
    Jeff Dupre; Maro Chermayeff
    Subject
    Music; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 391 minutes), £12.24

    Featuring more than 150 original interviews with some of the most celebrated artists, producers and music industry pioneers, this eight-part series traces a century of sonic innovation and revolution,...

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  5. James Burke’s Connections: The Complete Series (2017)

    Subject
    Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 500 minutes), £24.99

    Three DVD set featuring all ten episodes from the acclaimed BBC series CONNECTIONS. James Burke traces the history of science and technology. The ow did the nautical instruments of Elizabethan times give...

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  6. Creeping Garden, The (2017)

    Director
    Tim Grabham; Jasper Sharp
    Subject
    Biology; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 81 minutes), £17.99

    This documentary explores the world of the plasmodial slime mould as revealed through the eyes of the fringe scientists, mycologists and artists who work with them. Long overlooked by biologists, in recent...

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  7. Robotic Art: Transformations (2017)

    Subject
    Art; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 38 minutes), £123.00

    A series of interviews with artists who exhibited their works in the Robotic Arts Exhibition presented by the Cité des Sciences et de l’industrie in Paris, (8 April 2014 - 4 January 2015). Richard...

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  8. Secrets of the Human Body (2017)

    aka: Grow, Survive, Learn

    Subject
    Medical sciences; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes x 3), £585.00

    The human body is the most sophisticated organism on earth. It is a scientific marvel and much about it remains a mystery. This BBC series uses cutting-edge graphics to effectively peel back the skin and...

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  9. Expedition New Earth (2017)

    Subject
    Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 2 x 50 minutes), £390.00

    Stephen Hawking believed that we have just 100 years to populate a new planet if the human species is to survive, but is there another planet out there that we could call home? In this BBC documentary,...

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  10. Great Unsung Women of Computers (2016)

    Producer
    Kathy Kleiman; Jon Palfreman; Kate McMahon
    Subject
    Technology; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 48 minutes), $350

    Three documentary films that look at the past, present and future of women in technology. THE COMPUTERS features the story of the ENIAC Programmers, six young women who programmed the world’s first modern,...

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