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The Scale of Things Episodes

  1.

    Wealth

    Would you consider yourself to be wealthy?

  2. Sensations

    How do we measure and define our sensations?

  3. Memories

    What are human memories made of and how can they be measured?

  4. Electricity

    We can't see it, smell it or taste it. So how do we measure electricity?

  5. Distance

    The history of measuring distance and length

  6. Sound

    From super sonic to decibels, how sound is measured

  7. Microscopic World of the Atom

    How to measure things at extreme ends of the size scale

  8. Start of a New Day

    Examining how various cultures mark the start of a day

  9. Time

    One of the earliest ways of measuring time was the sundial

  10. Calendars

    How would you calculate your age without measuring time?