About this season
Mark Miodownik reveals how the properties of materials are made to work for us
Episodes (3)
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E1
1. Metal
Aired 2 April 2012 • 59 min
How metals are processed to achieve the properties we need.
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E2
2. Plastic
Aired 9 April 2012 • 59 min
Without plastics our current lifestyles would be very different.
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E3
3. Ceramics
Aired 16 April 2012 • 59 min
One of the first materials we used - to make cooking pots. Now we build cities with it and so much else.