Light and Dark

★ 6.5IMDb Score
Released:2016-10-10
Duration:60 min
Director:Stephen Cooter
Actors:Jim Al-Khalili
Production:BBC

Overview:

Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how, by uncovering its secrets, scientists have used light to reveal the universe.

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