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  1. James Burke’s Connections: The Complete Series (2017)

    Subject
    Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 500 minutes), £24.99

    Three DVD set featuring all ten episodes from the acclaimed BBC series CONNECTIONS. James Burke traces the history of science and technology. The ow did the nautical instruments of Elizabethan times give...

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  2. Shedding Light on Atoms: Episode 1: The Dawn of Modern Chemistry (2014)

    Subject
    Chemistry; Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 25 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    The Shedding Light on Atoms series provides an introduction to the world of atoms. Using demonstrations and animations the film explains not only what we know about atoms, but also how we know what we know...

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  3. Big History (2014)

    Subject
    History; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 435 minutes), £24.99

    American documentary series narrated by Bryan Cranston which attempts to show how major events or resources have had an effect on the progress of civilisation.

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  4. Precision: The Measure of All Things (2013)

    Director
    Mike Cunliffe
    Producer
    Mark Woodward
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £41.99

    Series in which Professor Marcus du Sautoy explores why we are driven to measure and quantify the world around us and why we have reduced the universe to just a handful of fundamental units of measurement....

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  5. Code Breaker: The Alan Turing Story (2013)

    aka: Codebreaker: The Alan Turing Story

    Director
    Clare Beavan
    Subject
    Drama; Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £15.99

    Docudrama directed by Clare Beavan that explores the life of British mathematician Alan Turing and the events that led up to his death in 1954, when he ate an apple laced with cyanide following his...

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  6. Nova: Hunting the Elements (2012)

    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 120 minutes), $19.99

    New York Times technology correspondent David Pogue presents this documentary which aims to provide an introduction to the elements and the history of their discovery. Pogue asks why are some elements, such...

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  7. Look at Life: Volume 3 - Science (2011)

    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 450 minutes), £8.85

    Forty-five films from the LOOK AT LIFE series, produced by the Special Features Division Rank Organisation every week for screening in Odeon cinemas between 1960 and 1969. This volume offers a selection of...

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  8. All Watched over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)

    Producer
    Adam Curtis
    Subject
    History; Media studies; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £585.00

    Adam Curtis’ series of films explores the idea that we have been colonised by the machines that we have built, seeing everything in the world through the eyes of computers. Episode 1, LOVE AND POWER looks...

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  9. Story of Science, The (2010)

    Subject
    History; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), £24.99

    In this six-part series Michael Mosley tells the story of the forces that came together to create scientific knowledge; the practical business of making instruments and machines; the great forces of history...

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  10. Eyes on the Skies (2010)

    Director
    Lars Lindberg Christensen
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 130 minutes), 0.99 Euros

    This film explores the many facets of the telescope: its historical development, scientific importance, technological breakthroughs, and also the people behind the invention. It is presented by Dr. Joe...

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