{"id":12524,"date":"2016-01-09T20:52:57","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T20:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/?p=12524"},"modified":"2022-09-18T02:57:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T01:57:41","slug":"light-and-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/?p=12524","title":{"rendered":"Light and Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this mind-bending series, Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimal-khalili.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Al-Khalili<\/a> shows how by uncovering its secrets, scientists have used light to reveal the universe.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b03jrxhv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC Four &#8211; Light and Dark<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><ul id='GTTabs_ul_12524' class='GTTabs' style='display:none'>\n<li id='GTTabs_li_0_12524' class='GTTabs_curr'><a  id=\"12524_0\" onMouseOver=\"GTTabsShowLinks('Episode 1:&nbsp;<strong>Light<\/strong>'); return true;\"  onMouseOut=\"GTTabsShowLinks();\"  class='GTTabsLinks'>Episode 1:&nbsp;<strong>Light<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li id='GTTabs_li_1_12524' ><a  id=\"12524_1\" onMouseOver=\"GTTabsShowLinks('Episode 2:&nbsp;<strong>Dark<\/strong>'); return true;\"  onMouseOut=\"GTTabsShowLinks();\"  class='GTTabsLinks'>Episode 2:&nbsp;<strong>Dark<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class='GTTabs_divs GTTabs_curr_div' id='GTTabs_0_12524'>\n<span class='GTTabs_titles'><b>Episode 1:&nbsp;<strong>Light<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Light and Dark. Light\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player.html?video=x21szxu&#038;\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12526\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12526\" data-attachment-id=\"12526\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/?attachment_id=12526\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Light.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Light\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Light.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-12526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Light-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Light\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Light-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Light.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Light<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Two-part series in which Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimal-khalili.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Al-Khalili<\/a> shows how, by uncovering its secrets, scientists have used light to reveal almost everything we know about the universe. But in the last 30 years we have<span class=\"ml__ellipsis\"><span class=\"ml__hidden\"> discovered that far from seeing everything, we have seen virtually nothing. Our best estimate is that more than 99 per cent of the universe is actually hidden in the dark.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ml__hidden\">The story of how we used light to reveal the cosmos begins in the 3rd century BC when, by trying to understand the tricks of perspective, the Greek mathematician Euclid discovered that light travels in straight lines, a discovery that meant that if we could change its path we could change how we see the world. In Renaissance Italy 2,000 years later, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galileo_Galilei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Galileo Galilei<\/a> did just that by using the lenses of his simple telescope to reveal our true place in the cosmos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ml__hidden\">With each new insight into the nature of light came a fresh understanding of the cosmos. It has allowed us to peer deep into space and even revealed the composition and lifecycles of the stars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ml__hidden\">In the 1670s, the Danish astronomer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ole_R%C3%B8mer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ole Roemer<\/a> discovered that light travelled at a finite speed, a discovery that had a profound implication. It meant the further one looks out into the universe, the further one looks back in time. And in 1964, by detecting the cosmic microwave background, the afterglow of the big bang, we captured the oldest light in the universe and saw as far back as it is possible to see with light.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ml__hidden\"><div class='GTTabsNavigation' style='display:none'><span class='GTTabs_nav_next'><a href='#GTTabs_ul_12524' onClick='GTTabs_show(1,12524)'>Episode 2:&nbsp;<strong>Dark<\/strong> &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class='GTTabs_divs' id='GTTabs_1_12524'>\n<span class='GTTabs_titles'><b>Episode 2:&nbsp;<strong>Dark<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Light and Dark - Dark (2 of 2)\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player.html?video=x609945&#038;\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12527\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12527\" data-attachment-id=\"12527\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/?attachment_id=12527\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Dark.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dark\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Dark.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-12527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Dark-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Dark\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Dark-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Dark.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dark<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimal-khalili.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Al-Khalili<\/a> tells the story of how we went from thinking we were close to a complete understanding of the universe to realising we had seen almost none of it. Today, our best estimate is that more<span class=\"ml__ellipsis\"><span class=\"ml__hidden\"> than 99 per cent of the cosmos is hidden in the dark, invisible to our telescopes and beyond our comprehension.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ml__hidden\">The first hints that there might be more out there than meets the eye emerged from the gloom in 1846 with the discovery of the planet Neptune. It was hard to find, because at four billion kilometres from the sun there was precious little light to illuminate it and, like 89 per cent of all the atoms in the universe, it gives off almost no light.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ml__hidden\">In the middle of the 20th century scientists discovered something even stranger &#8211; dark matter &#8211; stuff that wasn&#8217;t just unseen, it was fundamentally un-seeable. In fact, to explain how galaxies are held together and how they formed in the first place, there needed to be four times as much dark matter as there was normal atomic matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ml__hidden\">In the late 1990s scientists trying to measure precisely how much dark matter there was in the universe discovered something even more elusive out there &#8211; dark energy, a mysterious new force driving the universe apart that is thought to make up a colossal 73 per cent of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ml__hidden\">Finally, Jim explores the quest to uncover the nature of dark energy and to see dark matter pull the first stars and galaxies together, a quest that involves peering into the darkest period in the cosmos&#8217;s past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ml__hidden\"><div class='GTTabsNavigation' style='display:none'><span class='GTTabs_nav_prev'><a href='#GTTabs_ul_12524' onClick='GTTabs_show(0,12524)'>&lt;&lt; Episode 1:&nbsp;<strong>Light<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this mind-bending series, Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how by uncovering its secrets, scientists have used light to reveal the universe. 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