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How important are qualifications in getting work? How are they perceived by employers and employees? Do they debase the education system? In 1985 Jill Howard of Sussex University conducted a research...
Looks at the influence of parents on the school curriculum in Denmark. Shows three schools: 1) at the Vigetsted School parents and teachers negotiate the details of a class project; 2) in Randers, Jutland,...
In making the transition from home to school life, children in Britain go through a period of upheaval in their lives. Filmed in Avon during 1987, this programme looks at the lives of several children just...
Looks at the field evidence for natural selection on the island of Madeira, where over 200 distinct endemic species of land snail have become adapted to a variety of habitats. Addresses the problem of...
Discusses the role of genes, ecology and behaviour in the making of new species.
Since the modelling of DNA by Crick and Watson in 1953 as a double helix, there has been much research into how it compacts itself into cells and how it functions in protein synthesis. Shows how DNA packs...
Discusses the quest for attaining absolute zero, the lowest temperature in the universe. Looks at the work of Gay-Lussac, an 18th-century French scientist concerned with the properties of gases, who found...
Looks at the technology required to achieve high vacuums. Shows a large chamber at NASA/JPL which is regularly evacuated for the testing of satellites and their components before they are launched into...
Cancer is always associated with the alteration of the genetic material, and many cancer-causing genes, or oncogenes, have now been identified. However, the exact causes of the disease, and the reasons why...
Discusses interstellar matter, taking an historical approach to the discoveries of molecules in space. Radio telescopes and astronomic spectrometers are seen at work. Taking part in the programme are Dr...
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