The film discusses the evolution and potential of using light waves, particularly coherent light, for communication. It highlights the development of lasers at Bell Telephone Laboratories, explaining how they produce a highly controlled and intense beam of light that could revolutionize communication. The film emphasizes the vast possibilities of lasers, including applications in telecommunications, surgery, and exploring the universe, suggesting that this technology represents a significant step in humanity's understanding and use of light.

This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and u...

Oil is a primary energy source in the world. Global oil consumption reached approximately 95 million...

A physicist, a director of popular-science films, and a sports fan talk about the structure of the a...

Alessandra Pacini, solar physicist and mother of two, has dedicated her life to researching our sun ...

A documentary produced in 1979 to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Albert Einstein. Narrated ...

The adventure of the minitel, a small cubic terminal with a folding keyboard that began in the 1970s...

An exploration of the link between science and beauty through the work of scientists at CERN, in Gen...

In 1973 Yorkshire public television made a short film of the Nobel laureate while he was there. The ...

The 1977 discovery of RNA splicing by Dr. Phillip A. Sharp, Kentucky farm boy turned Nobel-prize win...

What forms might life take in the Solar System and beyond? In the Academy's newest original planetar...

Explore the secrets of the universe with Professor Brian Cox in this special event that combines gro...

Explore the sun’s powerful storms, its impact on Earth, and groundbreaking research shaping our unde...

Film sponsored by Western Electric (AT&T's equipment manufacturing division), the builder of the Uni...

The sun is the miracle that makes everything possible - but also the greatest danger. For the first ...