简介：ThisnewBBCcommissionedseriesmakesacompellingcaseagainstthedumb-it-downtrendthathastakenovermostmainstreamsciencerelatedprogramminginthelastfewyears. JimAl-Khalili,theheadoftheoreticalnuclearphysicsattheUniversityofSurrey,bringsabsorbingandaccessibleviewsonthedevelopmentoffundamentalphysicsideastothescreenforbothnon-scientistsandscientists-my(verynon-science)pre-WW2vintagemumwascaptivated. Evenifyoualreadyhaveastrongscienceinterest/background,thiscaptivatingmini-seriesoffersadifferenttakeonmanyfamiliar(andnot-sofamiliar)names,theirrelationshipsandkeyevents(Einstein,Bhor,Curie,Rutherford)thatmakesitwellworthaviewing.Perfectmaterialtoencouragearealinterestinyoungstersaswellasthemorecynical"eldsters"…