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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

But these effects can add up

But these effects can add up

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But these effects can add up.
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4 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:25:53
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 • E01 And this, in turn, means that the molecules on the surface - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
And this, in turn, means that the molecules on the surface
S01 • E02 As our galaxy revolves around the centre, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
As our galaxy revolves around the centre,
S01 • E01 And that's what the gecko is taking advantage of. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
And that's what the gecko is taking advantage of.
S01 • E02 During the second half of the 20th century, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
During the second half of the 20th century,
S01 • E01 A gecko's feet are covered with billions of tiny structures - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
A gecko's feet are covered with billions of tiny struct...
S01 • E02 She worked with instruments that could measure it - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
She worked with instruments that could measure it
S01 • E01 When these press against the glass, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
When these press against the glass,
S01 • E02 As she did the maths, she realised something extraordinary. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
As she did the maths, she realised something extraordinary.
S01 • E02 OK, so we've shrunk the Milky Way - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
OK, so we've shrunk the Milky Way
S01 • E01 Billions of atoms are now in contact. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
Billions of atoms are now in contact.
S01 • E02 Now, Vera Rubin was one of the leading figures - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
Now, Vera Rubin was one of the leading figures
S01 • E01 Then the tiny van der Waals forces - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Then the tiny van der Waals forces
S01 • E01 And this was one of the forces - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
And this was one of the forces
S01 • E02 We've set it up so we've mapped in - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
We've set it up so we've mapped in
S01 • E01 When a tiny stylus - - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
When a tiny stylus -
S01 • E02 And now if we just set it rotating - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
And now if we just set it rotating
S01 • E02 As the galaxy revolves, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
As the galaxy revolves,
S01 • E01 Just like the spatulae on the foot of a gecko - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:19
Just like the spatulae on the foot of a gecko
S01 • E02 And the problem is, if we just take all the mass that we have here - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
And the problem is, if we just take all the mass that we hav...
S01 • E01 Measuring minuscule forces like these can paint a picture - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Measuring minuscule forces like these can paint a picture