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Swedish Science in the Eighteenth Century (1992 Video)

Producer

Betty Talks

Subject

History

Distribution

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

Looks at why Sweden became a great scientific nation in the 18th century. She had lost her status as a great political power, and hopes were placed in science to rebuild her economy. Important to this was...

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This True Book of Ours: The Human Body: Man Himself (1992 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

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

Using contemporary prints and models, and interviews with three experts in the field, the programme deals with the origins of modern anatomy. Assesses the contributions of Leonardo da Vinci and Andreas...

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Energy (1988 Video)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

In the middle of the 19th century, brewer and part-tiime scientist James Prescott Joule became fascinated by the nature of heat. He was convinced that heat was a form of energy, a sort of transfer to energy....

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Lifestory: A Double Helix (1987 Video)

aka: Life Story

Director

Mick Jackson

Subject

Biology; Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 107 min., 2007 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Follows the race to discover the structure of DNA from 1951 to Francis Crick and James Watson’s discovery of the double helix in 1953.

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Isaac Newton: His Life and Work (1984 Video)

Director

Colin Grimshaw

Producer

Kathleen Burk

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 31 min., 1997 sale: £14.95 (+VAT +p&p) (World Microfilms)

Dr Simon Schaffer presents a short biography of Sir Isaac Newton, explains his main scientific achievements, and sets them in the context of his life and times. Shot on location at Woolsthorpe Manor and...

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Science of Aviation, The: A History (11 Parts) (1983 Video)

Director

Ken Wrench

Producer

Ken Wrench

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23, 27, 23, 28, 26, 26, 29, 32, 30, 37, 35 min.

Part 1 (1983): An introduction to the series. Aristotle’s view of air motion over bodies. The work of Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo. Newton’s mechanics and his application of the momentum principle to...

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Science and the English Enlightenment (1982 Video)

Director

Colin Grimshaw

Producer

Denis Smith

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 29 min., 1997 sale: £14.95 (+VAT +p&p) (World Microfilms)

Given that Newtonian science is usually identified with the culture of the Enlightenment of the 18th century, Dr Simon Schaffer considers the relationship between the way of life of the English élite and...

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X-Rays and Energy Levels (1980 Video)

Producer

John Stratford

Subject

Physics

Distribution

AVAILABLE ONLY AS PART OF S271/VC3, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Discusses the discovery of X-rays and their implications for the newly emerging quantum theory. Shows a re-creation of Roentgen’s original experiment, a survey of the various atomic models, and a look at...

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Einstein’s Universe (1979 Video)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 113 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Documentary honouring Einstein’s 100th birthday. Explains Einstein’s ideas to the layman. Among the scientists taking part are Prof Roger Penrose, Prof John Wheeler who knew Einstein, and Irwin Shapler....

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Harvey’s Conception (1978 Film)

Director

Eric Lucey; Roger Short

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A series of illustrated readings taken from Harvey’s book ‘Exercitationes de Generatione Animalium’ illustrating his detailed and accurate observations on development in the red deer, but also his...

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