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Shock and Awe: The story of Electricity
In a 3-part documentary series, professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of our quest to master the power of electricity.
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Connections 3
The third and last installment of James Burke’s Connections series. Once again, James Burke explores how progress occurs, almost exclusively by accident, and through various “connections” between ideas or individuals.
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The Code
A mysterious code underpins the world. But what does it mean and what can we learn from it? Marcus du Sautoy takes us on an odyssey to uncover the code and reveal its meaning.
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Ancient Discoveries
A massive compilation of documentaries which focuses on ancient technologies. It covers such ancient civilizations as Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Egypt, China, East Asia and the Islamic world.
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Genius of Britain
In this documentary science series, Richard Dawkins, Jim Al-Khalili, James Dyson, Stephen Hawking, David Attenborough and Robert Winston celebrate the great thinkers and moments in British science, from Newton to the present day.
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Science Under Attack
Nobel Prize winner Sir Paul Nurse examines why science appears to be under attack, and why public trust in key scientific theories has been eroded – from the theory that man-made climate change is warming our planet, to the safety of GM food, or that HIV causes AIDS.
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The Story of One
One’s story reveals where our modern numbers came from and how the invention of zero changed the world forever; and saved us from having to use Roman numerals today.
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How Science Changed Our World
Professor Robert Winston presents his top ten scientific breakthroughs of the past 50 years.
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In The Shadow of The Moon
A documentary film on the U.S’ manned missions to the Moon.
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Hunting the Edge of Space
NOVA examines how a simple instrument, the telescope, has fundamentally changed our understanding of our place in the universe.
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The Story of Maths
A documentary series about the history of mathematics, presented by Oxford professor Marcus du Sautoy.
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Fermat’s Last Theorem
In the 17. century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat challenged the world to solve a math puzzle. For over 300 years it went unsolved, until a quiet English mathematician, named Andrew Wiles, finally found the answer.
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