7pm THE MYSTERY OF MATTER: SEARCH FOR THE ELEMENTS: Unruly Elements 1859-1902
Science/Technology - Journey through the history of science on a quest to understand matter. This series tells the story of the periodic table from the scientist's perspective.
IN THIS EPISODE: Over a single weekend in 1869, a young Russian chemistry professor named Dmitri Mendeleev invents the Periodic Table, bringing order to the growing gaggle of elements. But this sense of order is shattered when a Polish graduate student named Marie Sklodowska Curie discovers radioactivity, revealing that elements can change identities— and that atoms must have undiscovered parts inside them.
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.