7pm THE MYSTERY OF MATTER: Search For The Elements - Science
The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements is an exciting three-part series about one of the great adventures in the history of science: the long and continuing quest to understand what the world is made of. Three hour-long episodes tell the story of seven of history’s most important scientists as they seek to identify, understand and organize the basic building blocks of matter.
IN THIS EPISODE: Into The Atom - Caught up in the race to discover the atom’s internal parts, Harry Moseley uses newly discovered X-rays to put the Periodic Table in a whole new light. Glenn Seaborg creates a new element — plutonium — that changes the world forever.
8pm PARADISE REEF - Science/Nature/Environment One man had a dream to deploy thirty-six artificial reefs off the coast of Southwest Florida. "Paradise Reef" follows the team during deployment and the months afterward to record the sinking of the new reef structures as well as to document the ensuing growth of these new ecosystems.
