In the beginning there was a contradiction. (1982)

Scientists - employees of the Institute of Chemical Physics of the USSR Academy of Sciences are conducting an experiment to conduct a chemical reaction in cold conditions existing in interstellar space.

The course of the experiment.

Scientists are viewing the film.

Discussion of the results of the experiment.

Winter forest views, winter landscapes.

Illustration and diagram of slowing down the rate of a chemical reaction with a drop in temperature.

Snow crystals.

Doctor of Chemical Sciences Barkalov I.M. speaks about the formation of polymers by the mechanism of the energy chain, illustrates with the help of matches the method of transferring the energy of molecules - the principle of the energy chain (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Illustration of a chemical reaction using chemical formulas, the course of the reaction depending on temperature (animation).

Barkalov conducts an experiment in laboratory conditions.

The supply of liquid helium to the installation.

Solidification of formaldehyde under the influence of cold.

The introduction of a radiation chamber into the experiment.

A laboratory employee at the control panel.

Data on the course of the reaction on the data recorder sheet.

Extraction of a solid polymer from a container, into which formaldehyde has turned.

Academician V.I. Goldansky talks about the impressions of the experimental result, the absence of an energy chain in the process of polymer production, demonstrates the graph of polymer production, talks about the temperature difference during the experiment (synchronously and off-screen).

Placing an artificial polymer sample in a container for further investigation.

Conducting another experiment.

The recorder records the experiment data.

An athlete performs a jump from a summer springboard.

Athletes climb the springboard.

The athlete who went first goes to the start.

The jumper who went second turns out to be on the track before the first one.

The second jumper starts by entering the slope of the springboard from a lower level.

The second jumper performs a jump.

Academician Goldansky, standing at the blackboard, draws with chalk and explains the scheme of overcoming barriers with electrons and microparticles, makes an assumption about the tunneling of molecules (synchronously).

The scheme of overcoming barriers by molecules on top and through the tunnel when the temperature drops (animation).

Barkalov talks about Arenius' law, draws diagrams of the dependence of the temperature drop and the speed of passage of molecules through barriers (synchronously and off-screen).

Academician Goldansky talks about publishing articles about research results (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Interaction of polymer molecules in space, polarization reaction in space conditions, formation of polymer chains (animation).

The text of an article in an English scientific journal about the detection of the spectrum of polymer molecules of polyformaldehyde in the infrared radiation of interstellar space.

Scientists, standing at the blackboard with formulas, discuss a scientific problem, among them - Goldansky and Barkalov.