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The invisible motion of still objects - Ran Tivony

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Many of the inanimate objects around you probably seem perfectly still. But look deep into the atomic structure of any of them, and you’ll see a world in constant flux — with stretching, contracting, springing, jittering, drifting atoms everywhere. Ran Tivony describes how and why molecular movement occurs and investigates if it might ever stop.

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Meet The Creators

  • Educator Ran Tivony
  • Script Editor Eleanor Nelsen
  • Producer Zedem Media
  • Director Michael Kalopaidis
  • Animator Andria Pourouti
  • Artist Christina Kalli
  • Sound Designer Andreas Trachonitis
  • Narrator Addison Anderson

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