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Title Quantum. Series 1, Episode 2 / produced by Richard Corfield, Andrew Holland, and Lucinda Willebrands
Published Sydney, New South Wales : ABC Commercial, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (24 min.)
Series 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)
This edition in English
Subject Gambling industry.
Microlensing (Astrophysics)
Gambling industry.
Microlensing (Astrophysics)
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Burchfield, Geoffrey.
Corfield, Richard.
Holland, Andrew.
Silva, Wilson da.
Spencer, Adam.
Willebrands, Lucinda.