S1E1: The Universe in a Snowflake

Forces of Nature

4 Jul 201659 minTV-G

Brian Cox uncovers how the stunning diversity of shapes in our natural world are shadows of the rules that govern the Universe. In Nepal, honey-hunters seek out giant beehives. The perfect hexagonal honeycombs made by the bees conceal a mathematical rule. Even snowflakes tell an extraordinary story of the forces of nature that forged them, the same forces that created everything in the Universe.