• 2011
  • 55m
Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Summary Until recently, electricity was seen as a magical power. It could slay the living, revive the dead, and bend the laws of nature. It is now the lifeblood of the modern world, fueling our lives and underpinning every aspect of technological advancement. Without it, we would be lost. Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the electrifying story of our quest to master nature's most mysterious force. View more details

  • 2011
  • 55m

Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Jim Al-Khalili Jon Agar Patricia Fara Iwan Morus

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8.5

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 5, 2011

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : The Charterhouse, Charterhouse Square, London, England, UK

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) The Open University

Summary Until recently, electricity was seen as a magical power. It could slay the living, revive the dead, and bend the laws of nature. It is now the lifeblood of the modern world, fueling our lives and underpinning every aspect of technological advancement. Without it, we would be lost. Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the electrifying story of our quest to master nature's most mysterious force. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 5, 2011

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : The Charterhouse, Charterhouse Square, London, England, UK

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) The Open University

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Oct 05, 2011
Spark
How pioneers unlocked electricity's mysteries and built strange instruments to create it.
Episode 2 • Oct 12, 2011
The Age of Invention
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.
Episode 3 • Oct 19, 2011
Revelations and Revolutions
From radio waves bigger than a house to gamma rays smaller than the nucleus of an atom, the electromagnetic spectrum is buzzing around us, and is harnessed into our everyday lives in ways often never seen, heard or imagined.

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