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The Natural History of a Sunbeam

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

The Royal Institution
Annual Christmas Lectures to Young People
5: Making Light Work
Sir George Porter looks at the conversion of heat energy to useful work, and at the absolute limits to that process set by the laws of nature. Our hunger for energy has led us to look for ways » of sidestepping the limitations of f the fuel combustion process. Man may be about to come full circle by returning to a direct way of using the energy of the sunbeam to do his work for him.
Presented for television by - STUART HARRIS and KARL SABBAGH

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Sir George Porter
Television By:
Stuart Harris
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Karl Sabbagh
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