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Her first big challenge came during the Second World War
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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Her first big challengecame during the Second World War and her work on penicillin

Her first big challenge
came during the Second World War and her work on penicillin

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Her first big challenge came during the Second World War
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and her work on penicillin.
Duration
7 seconds
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18
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:52
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 shows me the same view of our galaxy - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Andrew shows me the same view of our galaxy
S01 • E01 Scientists had already noticed that the newly discovered penicillin - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Scientists had already noticed that the newly discovered pen...
S01 • E01 It could stop infections in their tracks, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
It could stop infections in their tracks,
S01 • E02 And in the infrared, we can see through the dust. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
And in the infrared, we can see through the dust.
S01 • E02 Looking through, we can see many more stars. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
Looking through, we can see many more stars.
S01 • E01 Now in the throws of war, understanding it and producing it - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Now in the throws of war, understanding it and producing it
S01 • E02 Most of the stars in our galaxy - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Most of the stars in our galaxy
S01 • E01 But penicillin was still a mystery, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
But penicillin was still a mystery,
S01 • E02 But that's not true for the innermost stars. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
But that's not true for the innermost stars.
S01 • E01 So Hodgkin set her laboratory a challenge - - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
So Hodgkin set her laboratory a challenge -
S01 • E02 All of these stars will still be going round - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
All of these stars will still be going round
S01 • E01 Georgina Ferry is a science writer and biographer of Dorothy Hodgkin. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Georgina Ferry is a science writer and biographer of Dorothy...
S01 • E02 They're moving much faster, and you can see that this one - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
They're moving much faster, and you can see that this o...
S01 • E01 What was so difficult about understanding its structure? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
What was so difficult about understanding its structure?
S01 • E01 The structure was unknown and, naturally, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
The structure was unknown and, naturally,
S01 • E02 It goes up to 5,000 kilometres per second, much faster, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
It goes up to 5,000 kilometres per second, much faster,
S01 • E02 It's by studying strange mysteries like the orbits of these stars - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
It's by studying strange mysteries like the orbits of t...
S01 • E01 These are not ideal for putting into the X-ray apparatus. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
These are not ideal for putting into the X-ray apparatus.
S01 • E01 It took a while before they managed to get a version of penicillin - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
It took a while before they managed to get a version of peni...
S01 • E02 The only possible solution for this, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
The only possible solution for this,