Tricks of Perspective - Christmas Lectures with Eric M Rogers

Eric M Rogers gives us a warning about the way we attach new unfamiliar knowledge to old familiar things that we already know.
Watch the full sixth, and final, lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1979/atoms-for-enquiring-minds/seeing-atoms-at-last?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description

Eric M Rogers gave the 1979 Christmas Lectures "Atoms for Enquiring Minds" about atoms, these particles that are too small to be seen with a naked eye, but can be indirectly visualised and explored.

The sixth and final lecture "Seeing Atoms at Last", where this clip is from, explores how we are able to see atoms that are otherwise invisible to the naked eye by indirect means.

Watch the full series:
https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1979/atoms-for-enquiring-minds?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description

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