Release Date: October 13, 2011
Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity
2011
Published on, 1 year ago
Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity
The Age of Invention 1 Season 2 Episode
45 min
2011
Published on, 1 year ago
Just under 200 years ago scientists discovered something profound, that electricity is connected to another of nature's most fundamental forces - magnetism. In the second episode, Jim discovers how harnessing the link between magnetism and electricity would completely transform the world, allowing us to generate a seemingly limitless amount of electric power which we could utilise to drive machines, communicate across continents and light our homes. This is the story of how scientists and engineers unlocked the nature of electricity in an extraordinary century of innovation and invention.
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