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The Story of Electricity episode 3 - Revelations and Revolutions

The Story of Electricity episode 3 – Revelations and Revolutions

The Story of Electricity episode 3 – Revelations and Revolutions: Jim Al-Khalili concludes by looking at how, if we could understand the secret of electrical superconductivity, we could once again transform the world.     Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the electrifying story of our quest to master nature’s most mysterious force – electricity. Until fairly recently, electricity was seen as […]

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The Story of Electricity episode 2 - The Age of Invention

The Story of Electricity episode 2 – The Age of Invention

The Story of Electricity episode 2 – The Age of Invention: Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the electrifying story of our quest to master nature’s most mysterious force – electricity. Until fairly recently, electricity was seen as a magical power, but it is now the lifeblood of the modern world and underpins every aspect of our technological advancements.     Without

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The Story of Electricity episode 1 - Spark

The Story of Electricity episode 1 – Spark

The Story of Electricity episode 1 – Spark: Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the electrifying story of our quest to master nature’s most mysterious force – electricity. Until fairly recently, electricity was seen as a magical power, but it is now the lifeblood of the modern world and underpins every aspect of our technological advancements.     Without electricity, we would

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Secrets of the Super Elements

Secrets of the Super Elements

Secrets of the Super Elements: Forget oil, coal and gas – a new set of materials is shaping our world and they’re so bizarre they may as well be alien technology. In the first BBC documentary to be filmed entirely on smartphones, materials scientist Prof Mark Miodownik reveals the super elements that underpin our high-tech world.     We have

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V-Day - Volcanic Planet

V-Day – Volcanic Planet

V-Day – Volcanic Planet: Earth is a volcanic planet, with over 1,400 active giants spread across the globe. But what would happen if all of them were to erupt at once? From rivers of lava, towering ash clouds, and pyroclastic flows to tsunamis and super-sized climate change, we explore the powerful volcanic forces that fascinate today’s scientists.     Join

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Beautiful Equations

Beautiful Equations

Beautiful Equations: Artist and writer Matt Collings takes the plunge into an alien world of equations. He asks top scientists to help him understand five of the most famous equations in science, talks to Stephen Hawking about his equation for black holes and comes face to face with a particle of anti-matter.     Along the way he discovers why

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Mysterious World of Maths episode 3

Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry’s Mysterious World of Maths episode 3

Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry’s Mysterious World of Maths episode 3: Hannah explores a paradox at the heart of modern maths, discovered by Bertrand Russell, which undermines the very foundations of logic that all of maths is built on. These flaws suggest that maths isn’t a true part of the universe but might just be a human language – fallible and

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Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths episode 2

Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry’s Mysterious World of Maths episode 2

Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry’s Mysterious World of Maths episode 2: In this episode, Hannah travels down the fastest zip wire in the world to learn more about Newton’s ideas on gravity. His discoveries revealed the movement of the planets was regular and predictable. James Clerk Maxwell unified the ideas of electricity and magnetism, and explained what light was. As if

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Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths episode 1

Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry’s Mysterious World of Maths episode 1

Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry’s Mysterious World of Maths episode 1: In this new series, mathematician Dr Hannah Fry explores the mystery of maths. It underpins so much of our modern world that it’s hard to imagine life without its technological advances, but where exactly does maths come from? Is it invented like a language or is it something discovered and

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Do We Really Need the Moon?

Do We Really Need the Moon?

Do We Really Need the Moon? – The moon is such a familiar presence in the sky that most of us take it for granted. But what if it wasn’t where it is now? How would that affect life on Earth?     Space scientist and lunar fanatic Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock explores our intimate relationship with the moon. Besides orchestrating

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Pluto - Back From the Dead

Pluto – Back From the Dead

Pluto – Back From the Dead: The incredible story of how Pluto has been propelled from an unremarkable ball of ice on the edge of the solar system to a world of unimaginable complexity – where some form of alien life might exist.     Featuring first-hand accounts of the incredible discoveries made by New Horizons from many of the

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