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  1. Waking Up in the Universe (5 Parts) (1991 Video)

    Director
    Stuart McDonald
    Producer
    Richard Melman; William Woollard
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 5 x 60 min., 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive) (set)

    The 162nd Royal Institution Christmas lectures, in which Dr Richard Dawkins updates Darwin’s theories. 1: Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution and natural selection. 2: The complexity of natural...

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  2. Astronomy (5 Parts) (1990 Video)

    Director
    Stuart McDonald
    Producer
    William Woollard
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 5 x 50 min., 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive) series

    The 161st Royal Institution Christmas Lectures series, given by Professor Malcolm Longair, Astronomer Royal of Scotland, on the origin and evolution of the universe.

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  3. Energy Alternative, The 1 (1990 Video)

    aka: Alternative Energy

    Director
    Thelma Rumsey; Michael Steele
    Producer
    Ted Brocklebank; William Woollard
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 50 min., 1997 sale: £60.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Series explaining why alternative energy is proving inadequate for our future needs and examining new approachs to energy efficiency.

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  4. Fastest Planes in the Sky (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the quest for speed from the early aviators to the aircraft of the future. Tells the story of air speed records and the advances in technology which have contributed to the various sucesses and...

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  5. Going Downhill Fast (1990 Video)

    Director
    Andy Fairgrieve
    Producer
    Andy Fairgrieve
    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

    The programme explores the world of speed skiing, a winter sport equivalent of dragster racing. The difference is that the only motor power available is the slope of the hill.This programme examines the...

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  6. Hanging Gardens of Arabia, The (1990)

    Director
    André Singer
    Producer
    Tony Milroy
    Subject
    Agriculture; Development studies; Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (52 minutes), £20.00

    Set in the arid highlands of the Yemen, tells how local farming communities have maintained and age-old system of terrace farming that has prevented the drought and famine experienced in neighbouring...

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  7. School’s out (1990 Video)

    Director
    Celia Lowenstein
    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the ways children learn by using computers in the classroom. Includes comments from children, teachers, and psychologists. Computer programmers and film-makers reflect on interactive biology,...

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  8. Sex, Lies and Toupee Tape (1990 Video)

    Director
    Chris Haws
    Producer
    Thelma Rumsey
    Subject
    Biology; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Examines the psychology and biology of ‘male pattern baldness’ including the molecular biology which causes some men to become bald. Also looks at the genetics of baldness, why Caucasians are prone to it...

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  9. Towards a Cure for Cancer (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Karl Sabbagh
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 56 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) INCA

    Follows a year in the work of three American scientists, Dr Paul Marks, Dr Richard Rifkind, and Professor Ronald Breslow, who are developing a new treatment for cancer - hexamethylene bisacetamide or HMBA, a...

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  10. Just in Time 1 (199 Video)

    Subject
    Business studies; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 18 min., 1997 sale: £15.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Examines the management philosophy of ‘just-in-time’ production, which breaks down the demarcation lines in manufacturing industries to increase turnover productivity and reduce costs. Features four...

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