Ceramics
Professor Mark Miodownik looks at how simple clay, sand and rock can be changed into pottery, glass and concrete to build cities and transform the way we view our world.
Professor Mark Miodownik traces the story of ceramics. He looks at how we started with simple clay, sand and rock and changed them into pottery, glass and concrete - materials that would allow us to build cities, transform the way we view our world and communicate at the speed of light. Deep within their inner structure Mark discovers some of ceramics' most intriguing secrets. He reveals why glass can be utterly transparent, why concrete continues to harden for hundreds of years and how cooling ceramics could transform the way we power cities of the future.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Mark Miodownik |
| Executive Producer | Helen Thomas |
| Series Producer | Jacqueline Smith |
Broadcasts
Mon 16 Apr 2012 21:00主播大秀 HD & 主播大秀 Four- Tue 17 Apr 2012 03:00
- Thu 19 Apr 2012 23:20
- Mon 17 Sep 2012 19:30
- Mon 2 Sep 2013 20:00
- Tue 3 Sep 2013 01:00
- Mon 23 Nov 2015 02:05
- Mon 30 Jan 2017 23:00
- Wed 30 Aug 2017 23:00
- Wed 16 May 2018 02:30
- Wed 29 May 2019 00:30