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  1. Origin of the Solar System: A Theory (1986 Video)

    Producer
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Professor A G W Cameron of Harvard University gives a specially commissioned tutorial of his latest ideas on the origin of the solar system.

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  2. How Do Red Giants Make Carbon? (1984 Video)

    Producer
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Historical account of the formation of carbon-12. Nuclear astrophysics suddenly ‘took off’ as a science in the early 1950s when some exciting experiments brought nearer an understanding of nuclear...

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  3. Sulphuric Acid: The Lead Chamber Process (1983 Video)

    Director
    Brian Tomkins
    Producer
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Using laboratory demonstrations, animation and archival film (1973) of the last lead chamber process plant to be worked at Seaton Carew, County Durham, Professor Russell shows how the growing demand for...

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  4. Einstein’s Belief (1982 Video)

    Producer
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min.

    Explains Einstein’s theory of relativity using animation to illustrate the basic concepts. Discusses the philosophical framework behind Einstein’s ideas - the theory that physical reality is independent...

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  5. Photosynthesis: The First Nanosecond (1981 Video)

    Producer
    Neil Cameron
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Professor Sir George Porter, Director of the Royal Institution, explains the overall ‘synthetic’ side of photosynthesis, and then concentrates on the primary photochemistry, involving chlorophyll. The...

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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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