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In three sections: 1) the history of the bicycle from the hobby horse to the streamlined human-powered vehicle. At Arbury Hall, Nuneaton, bicycle historian John Pinkerton demonstrates some of the most...
The experimental basis of chemistry, starting with the action of heat on substances and continues with combustion, oxidation and the properties of oxides of metals and non-metals. Shows compounds including...
Introduces structures and materials by presenting some intuitive ideas of stress in materials. Shows how material properties affect the shape or form of a structure by looking at man’s various attempts to...
Describes what cancer is, why it kills people and what can be done to cure or prevent it. The questions are examined in the context of breast cancer. The treatments described are surgery, radiotherapy and...
Describes new attitudes which have evolved from the hospice movement. Indicates sources of opposition to these ideas, and asks is it justified? Is the medical profession really concerned with what is best...
1: Extracts from a HORIZON programme on North Sea oil technology and a NEWSNIGHT item on the price of North Sea oil. The HORIZON extract shows that North Sea Oil production is at the forefront of available...
The combine harvester is of crucial importance to the cereal farmer. Begins with a rare look at harvesting with a tractor-driven binder. Within 20 years this had become obselete, and the film looks at the...
A debate about oil depletion policy with leading figures in the oil business. The argument is structured around a hypothetical oil policy review by a new oil minister. Moderated by a barrister Marc Cran, the...
Three ‘experts’ give their opinions about a scientific report written by a Canadian scientist, Dr Herbert Inhaber, on ‘The Risk of Energy Production’. Shows that ‘experts’ will often disagree...
How does scrap copper find its way back to industry for re-use as a manufacturing material? Shows the stages of the recycling loop and the economic motivation that makes the system work. Shows a totter...
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