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LONGITUDE

\pause{1500}Author: Sobel, Dava
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5370 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 5.25
\pause{1500}Reader: Knight-Webb, Patricia
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In 1714 clockmaker John Harrison took up the challenge to solve the longitude problem, and thus began a 40 year obsession and epic scientific quest to build the perfect timekeeper.

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ON GIANT'S SHOULDERS

\pause{1500}Author: Bragg, Melvyn
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5254 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 9.25
\pause{1500}Reader: Lister, Tony
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A study of twelve great scientists, from Archimedes to Crick & Watson, whose discoveries have changed the world.

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SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING, A

\pause{1500}Author: Bryson, Bill
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6404 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 14
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 20.25
\pause{1500}Reader: Ratcliffe, Richard
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In his attempt to understand everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilisation, Bill Bryson has looked at complex scientific theories and made them comprehensible to everyone. He has also revealed the world in a way most of us have never seen before.

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