Why Is Everything Made Of Atoms?

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Researched and Written by Colin Stuart

Narrated and Edited by David Kelly
Animations by Manuel Rubio

Proton visualization courtesy of MIT, Jefferson Labs, and Sputnik Animation, Copyright © MIT and Jefferson Lab, 2021, All Rights Reserved

Stock footage taken from Videoblocks and Artgrid, music from Epidemic Sound, Artlist and Silver Maple. Space imagery also used from NASA and ESO.

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00:00 Introduction
05:06 The First Light In The Universe
12:17 The Weirdest Object In The Universe
25:59 Seeing The Big Bang
35:55 Why Atoms?

#recombination #quantum

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[slippy]

Don’t worry atomonauts, I’ve played Outer Wilds. I got this.

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