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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

But it's this section here that explainsits incredible efficacy

But it's this section here that explains
its incredible efficacy

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But it's this section here
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that explains its incredible efficacy.
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7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:38:13
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary

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In this mind-bending series, Jim Al-Khalili explores the vast range of size in the universe, from tiny atoms to gigantic, interconnected galaxies.
S01 • E02 Andrew believes these black holes have had a fundamental role - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Andrew believes these black holes have had a fundamental rol...
S01 • E01 It's called a beta-lactam ring - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
It's called a beta-lactam ring
S01 • E02 The jets of high energy particles and radiation - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
The jets of high energy particles and radiation
S01 • E01 It binds to a part of the cell wall of most bacteria, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
It binds to a part of the cell wall of most bacteria,
S01 • E02 Andrew has also found that these explosions of energy - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Andrew has also found that these explosions of energy
S01 • E01 Understanding how penicillin works was a revolution in medicine. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Understanding how penicillin works was a revolution in medic...
S01 • E01 Hodgkin's work spawned a generation of new antibiotics, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
Hodgkin's work spawned a generation of new antibiotics,
S01 • E01 And these techniques, still widely used today, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
And these techniques, still widely used today,
S01 • E02 They range from dwarf galaxies, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
They range from dwarf galaxies,
S01 • E01 Despite the achievements of X-ray crystallography, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Despite the achievements of X-ray crystallography,
S01 • E01 To see even smaller things would require something else. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
To see even smaller things would require something else.
S01 • E01 It seemed electron microscopes held the most potential, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
It seemed electron microscopes held the most potential,
S01 • E02 It's now thought that there may be up to two trillion galaxies - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
It's now thought that there may be up to two trillion g...
S01 • E01 Their electromagnetic lenses - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Their electromagnetic lenses
S01 • E01 One of the most common problems that affects lenses - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
One of the most common problems that affects lenses
S01 • E02 Do all these galaxies just float around by themselves, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
Do all these galaxies just float around by themselves,
S01 • E01 You see, the way lenses work is that they bend the light - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
You see, the way lenses work is that they bend the light
S01 • E02 Or do they come together as part of even larger structures? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Or do they come together as part of even larger structures?
S01 • E02 And how can we even answer that question? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
And how can we even answer that question?
S01 • E01 So, when I try to focus the sun, for instance, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
So, when I try to focus the sun, for instance,