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How it Works
Series 1 Episode 2: PlasticProfessor Mark Miodownik tells the story of plastics - created in the lab, they have brought luxury to the masses and shaped the modern age. He recounts tales of the mavericks responsible for some of plastic's most outrageous failures and heady successes, from the explosive attempts to make a replacement for ivory billiard balls to the ultimately ubiquitous Bakelite.
- Category
- Documentary / Educational
- Original air date
- 2012-04-09
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