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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Which means,at high magnifications especially, parts of the image will always blur

Which means,
at high magnifications especially, parts of the image will always blur

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Which means, at high magnifications especially,
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parts of the image will always blur.
Duration
9 seconds
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19
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:54
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 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,
S01 • E01 The physics of electrons and electromagnetic fields forbids it. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
The physics of electrons and electromagnetic fields forbids ...
S01 • E02 When a source of light is moving towards us, its waves shorten, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
When a source of light is moving towards us, its waves short...
S01 • E01 So it seemed that electron microscopes - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
So it seemed that electron microscopes
S01 • E02 When it's moving away, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
When it's moving away,
S01 • E02 So, by measuring the spectrum of light given off by a cosmic object, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
So, by measuring the spectrum of light given off by a cosmic...
S01 • E01 The question was whether we could delve deeper to see even smaller. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
The question was whether we could delve deeper to see even s...
S01 • E01 Well, the next breakthrough that changed everything - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Well, the next breakthrough that changed everything
S01 • E02 It's one of the uses of a technique called spectroscopy. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
It's one of the uses of a technique called spectroscopy...
S01 • E01 Two teams of headstrong scientists started to question the orthodoxy. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Two teams of headstrong scientists started to question the o...