http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Metal: How It Works" en Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:54:39 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5970#post-63756 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:47:45 +0000 alibali 63756@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>He's now (a bit) famous. I'm not.</em></p> <p>All a question of context, really. You are much more famous round here than Mark was (until you introduced him). Maybe he'll return the favour...</p> <p>Sounds interesting and great to know he's a real expert.</p> <p>Now, about these stainless steel terminals that burn out in a heater I've been working on.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5970#post-63753 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:19:54 +0000 Greenroofer 63753@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>When I was at Uni doing my post grad research in metallurgy I shared an office with Mark Miodownik. This is a subject he is an expert in.</p> <p>He's now (a bit) famous. I'm not. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5970#post-63749 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:56:45 +0000 SRD 63749@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>yay! Brian-cox free science documentaries. more please. </p> <p>I thought kate humble was surprisingly okay in Orbit and maggie aderin pocock not bad on satellites. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5970#post-63746 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:19:38 +0000 kaputnik 63746@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This sounds interesting. BBC4 have done some very good Brian-Cox-free science documentaries recently. The one about ice was very good and I learned all sorts of things about ice that I never knew. Like you can form it at almost boiling point. Weird, huh?</p> <p>I assume one of these episodes will be devoted to the Reynolds tube? ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5970#post-63745 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:14:12 +0000 chdot 63745@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>on BBC4 9:00pm Monday 2 Apri</p> <p>Season 1. Episode 1 of 3. New series. In the first of three films telling the story of how mankind's knowledge of materials and their properties aided the development of civilisation, scientist Mark Miodownik charts how humans learned to use metals to their advantage. He explores early techniques for extracting copper from rocks, and explains how alloys such as steel rapidly expanded the range of tools, weapons and machines that mankind could create. He also analyses metals at an atomic level to reveal their more surprising properties, and discovers how crystals can be grown to survive in extreme environments - including the inside of a jet engine</p> <p><a href="http://tvguide.co.uk/detail.asp?id=120021842" rel="nofollow">http://tvguide.co.uk/detail.asp?id=120021842</a> </p>