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  1. What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us: War Machine

    Subject
    History; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL), £24.99

    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...

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  2. Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

    Director
    Tim Usborne
    Producer
    Steve Crabtree
    Subject
    History; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £41.99

    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...

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  3. Teflon

    Subject
    Chemistry; Science

    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...

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  4. Is God a Virus?

    Subject
    Religious studies; Science

    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...

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  5. "Brave New World": The Shakespearean Moons of Uranus (Audio)

    aka: Shakespearean Moons of Uranus

    Producer
    Richard Paul
    Subject
    Astronomy; Science

    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,...

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  6. Oceans of the Solar System

    Director
    David Stewart
    Subject
    Science; Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £195.00

    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...

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  7. Calculating Ada: The Countess of Computing

    Subject
    Mathematics; Science

    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]

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  8. Stage 2 Science

    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £90.00

    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...

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  9. Shakespeare As Observer and Psychologist (Video)

    Subject
    Drama; Science

    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...

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  10. Science in Focus: Big Questions

    aka: The Nature of Scientific Enquiry

    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 5 x 20 minutes), £45.00

    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...

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