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This album explores the science of waves. Five video tracks feature two pair trawling fishermen from the Cornish village of Looe. Their lives and livelihoods depend on gadgets like radio, GPS and radar. This album explores the physics behind this technology, gives a simple introduction to wavelengths and looks back to the discovery of electromagnetism and the invention of radio. To demonstrate just how vital waves are, the two captains turn off their modern communication tools and try tradit ...
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An introduction to this album.By The Open University
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Introducing the modern communication technology fishermen use.By The Open University
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Find out what makes a wave, how sound travels and how fishermen stayed in touch at sea before the invention of radio.By The Open University
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Radio waves are the basis for our communications industry. The discovery of a link between electricity and magnetism led to the very first radio transmissions.By The Open University
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The skippers take a closer look at each of the radio components, and how they work.By The Open University
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Sound, light, heat, radio, television and microwave. The universe contains more radiation than matter, in fact, we're surrounded by a sea of electromagnetic waves.By The Open University
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This famous theory connects time and motion. Presenter Robert Llewellyn and British athlete Kris Akabusi hit the track to show how speed actually slows down time.By The Open University
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What happens when you fire a toy cannonball from a moving train set? This demonstration tests Newton's laws of motion, the starting point for Einstein's theory of relativity.By The Open University
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