An exciting three-part series about one of the great adventures in the history of science: the long and continuing quest to understand what the world is made of. Three hour-long episodes tell the story of seven of history’s most important scientists as they seek to identify, understand and organize the basic building blocks of matter.
Creator: Stephen Lyons
Network: PBS
Seasons
1
Episodes
3
Status
Ended
Michael Emerson
Narrator
Juliet Rylance
Marie Curie
Yan Tual
Antoine Fourcroy
Hugo Becker
Antoine Lavoisier
Marshall Berenson
Joao Jacinto de Magellan
Erik Bloomquist
Robert Southey
Ava Deluca-Verley
Marie Anne Lavoisier
Ronald Guttman
Jean Charles Trudaine de Montigny