BUFVC Search
Current Search
Previous Searches
Dan Cruickshank discovers how the Industrial Revolution created modern warfare. He looks at inventions such as The Turtle, the first submarine used in conflict; the interchangeable Baker rifle; Congreve’s...
Three programmes telling the story of electricity and the history of its discovery and applications. The first programme SPARK, is about the very first scientists who studied electricity. Known as ‘natural...
Podcast about Teflon, covering its origins - including its stint as a top military secret during World War II - followed by a look at the way the product has been marketed and an assessment of the risks of...
Lecture by Dr Denis Alexander. The title is based on Richard Dawkins comparing religion to a virus or meme which spreads like a disease and is "one of the world’s great evils". In his lecture Alexander...
Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Rebecca Sheir traces the little-known tale of the 27 known moons of Uranus nearly all of which have Shakespearean names. Through the voices of historians,...
This Horizon programme looks at the oceans of the solar system, from the icy wastes of Enceladus to the oceans of Mars, and to the methane lakes of Saturn’s biggest moon Titan, where NASA plans to send a...
Documentary in which Dr Hannah Fry tells the story of Ada Lovelace’s remarkable life: a 19th-century countess whose work helped give rise to the modern era of computing. [60 minutes]
Stage 2 Science covers the full range of sciences taught to pupils aged 7 to 11. The series introduces ideas and concepts within everyday contexts. The audiovisual material on this DVD is ideal for...
Video podcast. A series of talks from an interdisciplinary event held by the St Edmund Hall Centre for the Creative Brain in Oxford on 26 November 2016. The speakers interpret the theme of ‘Shakespeare and...
Five programmes presented by Adam Hart-Davis. Each focuses on the life and works of key scientific figures. How did they do it? What did they owe to their contemporaries? Why were their ideas so often...
You are currently searching in Find DVD. Search all the BUFVC's collections for 'Science' in All fields.