Professor Marcus du Sautoy explores why we are driven to measure and quantify the world around us and why we have reduced the universe to just a handful of fundamental units of measurement.
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Professor Marcus du Sautoy explores why we are driven to measure and quantify the world around us and why we have reduced the universe to just a handful of fundamental units of measurement.
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- Released: 10 Jun 2013
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- Genre: Documentary
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- Actors: Marcus du Sautoy
- Language: English
- Country: UK
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Previous Episode
Heat, Light and Electricity
Episode 1x3; Jun 24, 2013
From lightning bolts and Watt engines to electromagnetic waves and single electrons, Professor Marcus du Sautoy continues his journey into the world of measurement as he reveals how we came to measure and harness the power of heat, light, and electricity. It's a journey that has involved the greatest minds in science and, today, is getting down to the very building blocks of atoms.
Previous Episodes
1x3: Heat, Light and Electricity
1x2: Mass and Moles
1x1: Time and Distance
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