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  1. Hack the Planet (2000 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Law
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 2001 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Surveys the world of computer hacking, from the basic methods employed by hackers and the safety of online shopping to hackers with ethical and consumer concerns.

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  2. Science of Climate?, The (1998 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Law
    Subject
    Environmental science; Physics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines global warming, explaining the nature of the main elements of the climate system and looking at the range of evidence which seems to suggest that climate is changing. Shows that recent changes in...

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  3. Programmers, The (1997 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Law
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A history of some of the main issues in computer software: Collossus, perhaps the first electronic computer; recollections of the pioneer programmers or coders - the women who worked on ENIAC, the first...

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  4. Artware: Computers in the Arts (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Law
    Subject
    Art; Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min.

    Looks at some of the key proponents of the use of computers in the arts, whose reactions indicate a productive and evolving relationship between art and computing. Shows the work of the British abstract...

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  5. Hackers, Crackers and Worms (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Law
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Explains computer software security concepts by using analogies with the defences of Deal Castle in Kent. Tells of the Internet ‘worm’ virus of 1988, which disabled hundreds of computers world-wide and...

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  6. Mind Readers (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Law
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks into the nature of the CHI squared stats test, the nature of statistical conficence intervals and the influence of sample size and experimental design on experimental results. Shows the work of Simon...

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  7. Chemistry of Life and Death, The (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Cameron Balbirnie; Andrew Law; Paul Manners; Nick Watson
    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Aspects of life and death from a chemical perspective. What happens to our body chemistry when we have a heart attack? What role did oxygen play in the origins of life? How do the toxic by-products of oxygen...

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  8. Clinical Trials (1995)

    Producer
    Andrew Law
    Subject
    Mathematics; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 25 minutes), £34.99

    Explains some of the main issues surrounding clinical trials, including sample size, randomisation, eradication of psychological patient effect, eradication of potential investigator biases, and appropriate...

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  9. Regressing to Quality (1995)

    Producer
    Andrew Law
    Subject
    Engineering; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 25 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Shows how the statistical technique of regression analysis is used at three stages in the manufacture of steel pipes to manufacture North Sea oil by addressing the following questions: given the sulphur...

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  10. Simple Beginnings? (1995)

    Producer
    Andrew Law
    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    An overview of some key topics in developmental psychology, looking at experiments that display early abilities in the infant to recognise rules, faces and biological motion. Examines the early development...

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