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Precision: The Measure of All Things

Marcus du Sautoy

Mike Cunliffe

Mark Woodward

Precision: The Measure of All Things: Episode 3: Heat, Light and Electricity

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Episode 3: Heat, Light and Electricity

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How we came to measure and harness the power of heat, light and electricity.

From lightning bolts to single electrons, Marcus du Sautoy reveals how we came to measure and harness the power of heat, light and electricity.

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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Professor Marcus du Sautoy explores why we are driven to measure and quantify the world around us and why we have reduced the universe to just a handful of fundamental units of measurement.

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