Photo, above: The event display from the STAR heavy ion experiment at Brookhaven national lab. Each line shows a particle track in the STAR detector which was produced during a single collision of two gold nuclei at high energies.

JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW

Hour One

Saturday 12 October 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare Stephen Budiansky  (1 of 4)

Saturday 12 October 2013 / Hour 1, Block B: Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare Stephen Budiansky  (2 of 4)

Saturday 12 October 2013 / Hour 1, Block C: Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare Stephen Budiansky  (3 of 4)

Saturday 12 October 2013 / Hour 1, Block D: Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare Stephen Budiansky  (4 of 4)

Hour Two

Saturday 12 October 2013 / Hour 2, Block A: The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II Denise Kiernan (1 of 4)

Saturday 12 October 2013 / Hour 2, Block B: The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II Denise Kiernan (2 of 4)

Saturday 12 October 2013 / Hour 2, Block C: The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II Denise Kiernan (3 of 4)

Saturday 12 October 2013 / Hour 2, Block D: The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II Denise Kiernan (4 of 4)

Hour Three

Saturday 12 October 2013 / Hour 3, Block A: Hiroshima: bridge to forgiveness, Takashi Tanemori's Hiroshima Story by Takashi Thomas Tanemori, John Crump and Michael Burch (1 of 4)

Saturday 12 October 2013 / Hour 3, Block B: Hiroshima: bridge to forgiveness, Takashi Tanemori's Hiroshima Story by Takashi Thomas Tanemori, John Crump and Michael Burch (2 of 4)

Saturday 12 October 2013 / Hour 3, Block C: Hiroshima: bridge to forgiveness, Takashi Tanemori's Hiroshima Story by Takashi Thomas Tanemori, John Crump and Michael Burch (3 of 4)

Saturday 12 October 2013 / Hour 3, Block D: Hiroshima: bridge to forgiveness, Takashi Tanemori's Hiroshima Story by Takashi Thomas Tanemori, John Crump and Michael Burch (4 of 4)

Hour Four

Saturday 12 October 2013 / Hour 4, Block A: Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats by Kristen Iversen (1 of 4)

Saturday 12 October 2013 / Hour 4, Block B: Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats by Kristen Iversen (2 of 4)

Saturday 12 October 2013 / Hour 4, Block C: Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats by Kristen Iversen (3 of 4)

Saturday 12 October 2013 / Hour 4, Block D: Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats by Kristen Iversen (4 of 4)

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