Precision: The Measure of All Things

Precision: The Measure of All Things

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How to measure the world around us is a task that we've grappled with since humans dwelled in caves when we counted on our knuckles. The greatest minds of today wrestle with the demand for increasingly precise measurements. Packed with cutting-edge science, anecdotes from history, and jaw-dropping examples from modern times, this is the story of our journey from painting caves to exploring space.
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  1. S1 E1Time and Distance

    10. června 2013
    59 min
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    Professor Marcus du Sautoy tells the story of the meter and the second, how an astonishing journey across revolutionary France gave birth to the meter, and how scientists today are continuing to redefine the measurement of time and length with extraordinary results.
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  2. S1 E2Mass and Moles

    17. června 2013
    59 min
    13+
    Deep underground in a vault beneath Paris lives the most important lump of metal in the world: Le Grand K., created in the 19th century. It's the world's master kilogram, the weight on which every other weight is based. But there is a problem with Le Grand K... it is losing weight. Marcus explores the history of this strange object and the astonishing modern day race to replace it.
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  3. S1 E3Light, Heat, and Electricity

    24. června 2013
    59 min
    13+
    From lightning bolts and watt engines to electromagnetic waves and single electrons, Professor Marcus du Sautoy continues his journey into the world of measurement, as he reveals how we came to measure and harness the power of heat, light, and electricity. It's a journey that has involved the greatest minds in science, and today, is getting down to the very building blocks of atoms.
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