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1 online resource (24 min.) |
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VAST: academic video online |
Summary |
The latest developments in health, medicine, environmental issues, space and technology feature in this exciting and thought-provoking package of science stories. Specially packaged for the international market, each half hour episode contains four segments of approximately five minutes duration. This episode features a team of Tasmanian astronomers who who use an unusual technique - gravitational microlensing - to find potential Earth-like planets; a mathematician who fixes the odds at a casino to pay enough to keep customers gambling and keep the casino profitable; an electronic gadget created by Australian scientists to mimic and improve on our olfactory system; and a revealing look at a rare excavation of an Australian colonial cemetery that was the last resting place for small children who fell victim to the epidemics of the time |
Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed July 10, 2014) |
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This edition in English |
Subject |
Gambling industry.
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Microlensing (Astrophysics)
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Gambling industry.
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Microlensing (Astrophysics)
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Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Burchfield, Geoffrey.
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Corfield, Richard.
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Holland, Andrew.
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Silva, Wilson da.
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Spencer, Adam.
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Willebrands, Lucinda.
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