The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion

What Is The World Made Of? (1x2)

Air date: May 04, 2010

In this episode, Michael demonstrates how our society is built on our search to find the answer to what makes up everything in the material world. This is a story that moves from the secret labs of the alchemists and their search for gold to the creation of the world's first synthetic dye - mauve - and onto the invention of the transistor.