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It seemed electron microscopes held the most potential
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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

It seemed electron microscopesheld the most potential, but they had a hugetechnical...

It seemed electron microscopes
held the most potential, but they had a huge
technical problem

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It seemed electron microscopes held the most potential,
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but they had a huge technical problem.
Duration
9 seconds
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15
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:15
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 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,
S01 • E01 Which means, at high magnifications especially, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
Which means, at high magnifications especially,
S01 • E02 Fortunately, to help tackle this puzzle, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Fortunately, to help tackle this puzzle,
S01 • E01 Electron microscope lenses are exactly the same, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Electron microscope lenses are exactly the same,
S01 • E01 And at high magnification, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
And at high magnification,
S01 • E02 What you heard there was the famous Doppler effect. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
What you heard there was the famous Doppler effect.
S01 • E01 Now, for glass lenses, this issue can be minimised. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
Now, for glass lenses, this issue can be minimised.
S01 • E02 As the car approaches, the pitch of the trumpet is high. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
As the car approaches, the pitch of the trumpet is high.
S01 • E01 You add a second lens, a concave lens, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
You add a second lens, a concave lens,
S01 • E02 The effect happens because, as the car approaches me, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
The effect happens because, as the car approaches me,
S01 • E01 But this solution doesn't work with electron microscopes. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
But this solution doesn't work with electron microscope...
S01 • E01 The lenses of electron microscopes are fundamentally different - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
The lenses of electron microscopes are fundamentally differe...
S01 • E02 As the car drives away from me, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
As the car drives away from me,