The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements

Season 1 Episode 3: Into the Atom (1910-1960)

Caught up in the race to discover the atom’s internal parts — and learn how they fit together — a young British physicist, Harry Moseley, uses newly discovered X-rays to put the Periodic Table in a whole new light. And a young American chemist named Glenn Seaborg creates a new element — plutonium — that changes the world forever, unleashing a force of unimaginable destructive power: the atomic bomb.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

3

Cast:

Michael Emerson

Quality:

HD

Duration:

60 min

First Air:

2015

Rating:

7.3