Episode
Horizon: The Physicist in the Kitchen
Overview
Nicholas Kurti, Professor of Physics at the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford, specializes in the field of low temperature science. He is acknowledged among his friends as an expert in the kitchen.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 1969-04-03
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
The Physicist in the Kitchen is Episode 14 in 1969 of Horizon. It aired on 1969-04-03. The runtime is 60 min.
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