ATOM - Key to the Cosmos

Today on Far Future Horizons we once again make a foray into the microverse of the atom with the second installment of British theoretical nuclear physicist Professor Jim Al-Khalili’s exciting documentary television series Atom. The discovery that everything is made from atoms has been referred to as the greatest scientific breakthrough in history.

This episode tackles the world-changing discoveries of radioactivity, the Atom Bomb and the Big Bang, and tries to answer the biggest questions of all - why are we here and how were we made?

Atom the documentary series  hosted by Professor Jim Al-Khalili and the companion book Atom by Piers Bizony to the series are available on from Amazon Books.

ATOM - Key to The Cosmos

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