Away
Mark Miodownik looks at how materials have enabled us to indulge our curiosity about the world around us, revealing why the everyday and even the mundane is anything but.
Professor Mark Miodownik concludes his odyssey of the stuff of modern life. This time he looks at how materials have enabled us to indulge our curiosity about the world around us. To go further and travel faster. He looks at how the bicycle suddenly stirred our national gene pool, why we should all be grateful for exploding glass and what levitation has to do with discovering your inner self. On the road and in the lab with dramatic experiments, Mark reveals why the everyday and even the mundane is anything but.
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Bike race
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The Prince Rupert Drop
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Mark Miodownik |
| Executive Producer | Jonathan Renouf |
| Series Producer | Peter Leonard |
Broadcasts
- Tue 26 Aug 2014 21:00
- Wed 27 Aug 2014 03:00
- Thu 28 Aug 2014 23:10
- Sat 17 Jan 2015 20:00
- Wed 10 Jun 2015 20:00
- Thu 28 Apr 2016 20:00
- Tue 18 Apr 2017 00:00
- Wed 13 Dec 2017 00:00
- Thu 15 Nov 2018 00:30
- Wed 27 Nov 2019 23:30
Mark's How-To Guides at the 麻豆社 Science Club
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