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01: Metal | How It Works

01: Metal | How It Works

BBC Four | 2012 | 58'37''

Mark Miodownik traces the history of our love affair with metal. He investigates metals at the atomic level and sees how metal crystals can be grown...

Secrets of the Super Elements

Secrets of the Super Elements

BBC Four | 2017 | 59'34''

In the first BBC documentary to be filmed entirely on smartphones, Mark Miodownik reveals the weird materials that have built our high-tech world.

03: Ceramics | How It Works

03: Ceramics | How It Works

BBC Four | 2012 | 58'34''

Professor Mark Miodownik looks at how simple clay, sand and rock can be changed into pottery, glass and concrete to build cities and transform th...

02: Plastic | How It Works

02: Plastic | How It Works

BBC Four | 2012 | 59'01''

Mark Miodownik shows how plastics have brought luxury to the masses and reveals how the next generation will take its inspiration from nature and ...

Superconductors | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Superconductors | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

BBC Four | 2011 | 3'01''

Jim Al-Khalili looks at how, in 1986, IBM researchers discovered a breakthrough regarding superconductivity in cera...

Semiconductors and WWII | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Semiconductors and WWII | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

BBC Four | 2011 | 4'15''

Jim Al-Khalili explains the importance of semiconductors, particularly with regard to fighting WWII.

Episode 2 | The Secrets of Everything

Episode 2 | The Secrets of Everything

Bonding Structure and Properties | BBC Three | 2012 | 28'33''

Science daredevil Greg Foot finds out if you could survive in a falling lift if you jump as it hits the ground, what makes chillies hot...

S02E06: Invisible Worlds | Dara O’Briain’s Science Club

S02E06: Invisible Worlds | Dara O’Briain’s Science Club

Biology | BBC Two | 2013 | 58'22''

Dara and the team shine a light on some of the mysterious and usually hidden worlds surrounding us, from ...

S02E05: Size Matters | Dara O’Briain’s Science Club

S02E05: Size Matters | Dara O’Briain’s Science Club

Biology | BBC Two | 2013 | 59'14''

Dara and the team reveal why size matters in science and how discoveries large and small are changing the way...

Materials: How They Work

Materials: How They Work

Bonding Structure and Properties | BBC Two | 2012 | 58'57''

Materials scientist Mark Miodownik takes a look into the inner world of metals, ceramics and plastics and the microscopic structure that allows them...

Metals and Alloys | Science Fix

Metals and Alloys | Science Fix

Bonding Structure and Properties | BBC Four | 2000 | 28'33''

Mark Loughlin looks at the science of forensics while in the studio we make a motor and Alison Chappell takes apart a selection of drills.

Introduction to Covalent Bonding | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Introduction to Covalent Bonding | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Bonding Structure and Properties | BBC Two | 2010 | 4'06''

This video introduces covalent bonding, focusing on electron sharing, the use of dot and cross diagrams, and exampl...

Carbon bonds | Chemistry: A Volatile History

Carbon bonds | Chemistry: A Volatile History

Bonding Structure and Properties | BBC Four | 2010 | 3'17''

Scott Cooper was fascinated by how carbon atoms combined with other atoms, inventing the notion of ''bonds''.

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