

Size Matters
2018-07-19 · 60 min / episode · ★ 5.5
Hannah Fry takes a spectacular look at the science of size by imagining a parallel world in which everything is made bigger or smaller.
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- Matthew Thompson
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- Screen Glue Produktion
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- United Kingdom
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