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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

They appearedin a book called Micrographia, written by the 17th centuryscientist Robert...

They appeared
in a book called Micrographia, written by the 17th century
scientist Robert Hooke, using the first microscopes

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They appeared in a book called Micrographia,
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written by the 17th century scientist Robert Hooke,
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using the first microscopes.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:02
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 Now, it's not really a toy. It's been used for centuries - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Now, it's not really a toy. It's been used for cen...
S01 • E01 Even at this magnification, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Even at this magnification,
S01 • E02 But you shouldn't take this model literally - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
But you shouldn't take this model literally
S01 • E01 With Micrographia, three-and-a-half centuries ago, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
With Micrographia, three-and-a-half centuries ago,
S01 • E01 As we began to see the microscopic world, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
As we began to see the microscopic world,
S01 • E02 Imagine the Earth were about the size of a football. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
Imagine the Earth were about the size of a football.
S01 • E02 Now, in reality, our planet is 12,700km in diameter, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Now, in reality, our planet is 12,700km in diameter,
S01 • E01 These tiny insects have evolved extraordinary adaptations - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:17
These tiny insects have evolved extraordinary adaptations
S01 • E02 So what if we were to shrink the sun down by 60 million times - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
So what if we were to shrink the sun down by 60 million time...
S01 • E02 We can now see just how wrong the orrery is in terms of scale - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
We can now see just how wrong the orrery is in terms of scal...
S01 • E01 This is a type of wasp called Megaphragma, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
This is a type of wasp called Megaphragma,
S01 • E02 The sun is over 100 times the diameter of the Earth. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
The sun is over 100 times the diameter of the Earth.
S01 • E01 It's just a few tenths of a millimetre long, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
It's just a few tenths of a millimetre long,
S01 • E02 You could fit one million Earth-size planets inside it. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
You could fit one million Earth-size planets inside it.
S01 • E02 The sun's mass is the source of its immense gravitational power - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
The sun's mass is the source of its immense gravitation...
S01 • E01 ..and flies in an unusual way. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
..and flies in an unusual way.
S01 • E01 That's because air feels very different to it - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
That's because air feels very different to it
S01 • E02 The next question is, on this scale, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
The next question is, on this scale,
S01 • E02 Again, this is very different from the orrery - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Again, this is very different from the orrery
S01 • E01 And that's because of the science of air resistance. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
And that's because of the science of air resistance.