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This lecture is the final installment in Philip Morrison's 1968 Christmas Lectures series at The Royal Institution, inspired by Gulliver's Travels. Explore how size fundamentally determines which laws of physics govern different systems, venturing beyond conventional mechanics and electricity. Discover how a simple vibrator behaves across various scales, from the restless motion of atoms that we recognize as temperature to the subtle internal motion of atomic structure and the influence of gravity on massive objects in space. Journey through the physics of scale in this 59-minute presentation that takes viewers far beyond where Gulliver's ship could sail, completing Morrison's scientific exploration of how scale impacts our understanding of the physical world.
