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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Indeed. Which is whywe're here - because George, who's the senior organ scholarhere at St...

Indeed. Which is why
we're here - because George, who's the senior organ scholar
here at St John's Chapel, is going to play us some notes

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Indeed. Which is why we're here - because George,
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who's the senior organ scholar here at St John's Chapel,
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is going to play us some notes.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:21
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 This process of turning images like these into an understanding - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
This process of turning images like these into an understand...
S01 • E02 First of all, George plays us a B flat - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
First of all, George plays us a B flat
S01 • E01 For a sense of how X-ray crystallography works, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
For a sense of how X-ray crystallography works,
S01 • E02 Every time George goes an octave lower, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Every time George goes an octave lower,
S01 • E01 To keep it simple, let's say they're all arranged in neat rows, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
To keep it simple, let's say they're all arranged ...
S01 • E02 Three octaves down and he's using the longest pipe at his disposal, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Three octaves down and he's using the longest pipe at h...
S01 • E01 What's important is that the wavelength of the X-rays - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
What's important is that the wavelength of the X-rays
S01 • E02 So we've gone down three octaves? Yes. But to get to the sound... - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
So we've gone down three octaves? Yes. But to get to th...
S01 • E02 We have to go down another 54 octaves, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
We have to go down another 54 octaves,
S01 • E01 Imagine an X-ray reflecting off the surface - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Imagine an X-ray reflecting off the surface
S01 • E01 The beam that travels down to the next layer - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
The beam that travels down to the next layer
S01 • E02 The organ would have to be the size of a galaxy? Yes. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
The organ would have to be the size of a galaxy? Yes.
S01 • E01 If the waves are now out of step - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
If the waves are now out of step
S01 • E02 The note is so low because the object only gives off - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
The note is so low because the object only gives off
S01 • E01 But if they're in step, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
But if they're in step,
S01 • E02 The same kind of massive ejections have been detected again and again, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
The same kind of massive ejections have been detected again ...
S01 • E01 By carefully measuring - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
By carefully measuring
S01 • E02 This extraordinary image shows that millions of years ago, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
This extraordinary image shows that millions of years ago,
S01 • E01 By decoding images like this, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
By decoding images like this,
S01 • E02 So what can possibly lie at the centre of galaxies - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
So what can possibly lie at the centre of galaxies