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15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Simon Singh examines the significance of five subatomic particles in five programmes. In the first programme he tells the story of the discovery of the electron. Show more
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Simon Singh examines the significance of subatomic particles. The neutrino is the most common particle in the universe, continuously passing through each of us in millions. Show more
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Simon Singh examines the significance of subatomic particles. A symmetric partner to all the known particles could provide the key to understandinging them and their interactions. Show more
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Simon Singh examines the significance of subatomic particles. Quarks comprise virtually all visible material in the universe, but why do we know so little about them? Show more
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Simon Singh examines the significance of subatomic particles. Every elementary particle has an antiparticle. Should the two meet and combine, the result is annihilation. Show more
