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  1. Sonic Boom, The: Sound Waves Through the Air (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 7 min.

    Demonstrates what a sonic boom is and how it is produced. A sequence of graphic animations shows how sound waves spread out from a stationary source moving at different velocities up to twice the speed of...

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  2. Making Waves: Ocean Modelling with Absorbing Wavemakers (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Colin Anderson; Jamie Taylor
    Subject
    Engineering; Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 18 min., 1996 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows wavemaking facilities built at Edinburgh University Department of Engineering in connection with the Edinburgh Wave Power Project. The wide tank (30 metres wide scaled to represent 3km of ocean) with a...

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  3. Troposcatter (1983)

    Director
    Chris Georgiou
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 20 min.

    Discusses offshore communications explaining the principle of troposcatter, discovered in 1933 by Marconi, which bounces radio waves off the troposphere, the lowest layer of the earth’s atmosphere. The...

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  4. Current and Wave Ripples (1982 Video)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 8 min.

    Illustrates the range of ripples occurring on natural beaches and then interprets the growth of these bed forms, using recirculating flumes and a wave tank. Oscillatory and unidirectional flow are...

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  5. Waves: Partial Differential Equations (1982 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Examines waves and the mathematics used to model them. Uses partial the differential wave equation to make predictions about a system that exhibits wave-like behaviour: a taut string driven by a vibrating arm.

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  6. Wave-Particle Paradox, The (1980 Video)

    Director
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Demonstrates two famous paradoxes in physics: is light waves or particles and are electrons waves or particles? The discussion is set against the debate on whether truth is objective or subjective in the...

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  7. Light: In Search of a Model (1978 Video)

    Producer
    John Stratford
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Demonstrates that there is no contradiction between the wave and particle models of light - they have to co-exist as useful analogies. Shows how zinc loses electrons when irradiated with weak ultra-violet...

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  8. Quantum Mechanics (16 Parts) (1978 Audio)

    Producer
    Michael Bowen
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Audiocassette. 16 x 7-27 min.

    Part 1 (1978): A ‘meditation’ on the meaning of De Broglie waves. Part 2 (1978): A ‘meditation’ on the meaning of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Part 3 (1975): A straightforward solution of a...

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  9. Gravity Waves: Search and Discovery (1977 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Dr Joseph Webber of the University of Maryland has pioneered this exploration, and with colleagues from around the world, is gathering first readings of gravity waves.

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  10. Secret War, The (3 Parts) (1977 Video)

    Director
    Brian Johnson
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. sd. b&w/col. 101, 100, 150 min.

    Six-part television series on three videocassettes looking at World War 2 from the viewpoint of a war between the scientists and technology of the two sides. Narrated by William Woolard. 1: 1) The Battle of...

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