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How It Works

2012
1 season
3 episodes
Documentary

Mark Miodownik reveals how the properties of materials are made to work for us

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  • Ep 1

    1.Metal

    02-04-201259m

    How metals are processed to achieve the properties we need.

  • Ep 2

    2.Plastic

    09-04-201259m

    Without plastics our current lifestyles would be very different.

  • Ep 3

    3.Ceramics

    16-04-201259m

    One of the first materials we used - to make cooking pots. Now we build cities with it and so much else.

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