Horizon

Season 32 Episode 16: The Planet Hunters

59 SeasonsNov 13, 1995TV-PG1h8.6

This episode of Horizon is about the future of micro-technology. In 1959, noted American physicist Richard Feynman offered a $1000 prize to anyone who could build an electronic motor no larger than half a millimetre on any side. He awarded the prize within eight months. Today, some scientists predict the imminent development of molecular computers the size of specks of dust. This program examines that and other technical possibilities, as it takes viewers on a guided tour of the cutting-edge ...

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Season 32 Episodes:

Episode 1 Liar

1. Liar

Aired: Jan 9, 1995

Horizon presents a documentary on the ideas of Maureen Raymo's thesis on what...

Episode 2 The Human Laboratory

2. The Human Laboratory

Aired: Jan 16, 1995

Horizon follows an expedition from Russia's most advanced oceanographic explo...

Episode 3 Nanotopia

3. Nanotopia

Aired: Jan 23, 1995

This episode of Horizon explores collections of the bones of thousands of Nat...

Episode 5 A Code in the Nose

5. A Code in the Nose

Aired: Feb 20, 1995

Documentary features Luca himself along with various experts including chemis...

Episode 7 The Runaway Mountain

7. The Runaway Mountain

Aired: Mar 6, 1995

Horizon follows the a six month study of the world's first Environmental Impa...

Episode 11 Nature's Numbers

11. Nature's Numbers

Aired: Apr 3, 1995

This episode of Horizon reveals the results of research that could explain th...

Episode 12 The Gene Race

12. The Gene Race

Aired: Apr 10, 1995

Horizon tries to answer the question, "Has the dream of earthquake prediction...

Episode 14 Assault on the Male

14. Assault on the Male

Aired: Oct 30, 1995

Horizon presents a documentary that reveals the role played by deception in s...

Episode 15 Death by Design

15. Death by Design

Aired: Nov 6, 1995

Horizon investigates the controversial research into some birth control contr...

Episode 16 The Planet Hunters

16. The Planet Hunters

Aired: Nov 13, 1995

This episode of Horizon is about the future of micro-technology. In 1959, not...

Episode 18 Einstein: Fame

18. Einstein: Fame

Aired: Nov 27, 1995

Horizon looks at an attempt to crack the mystery of smell by designing a mole...

Episode 20 The Runaway Mountain

20. The Runaway Mountain

Aired: Dec 11, 1995

Horizon presents the story of the search for an explanation of how rock can f...


Info about Horizon

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: BBC Two

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Documentary