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Until fairly recently, electricity was seen as a magical power, but it is now the lifeblood of the modern world, fuelling our lives and underpinning every aspect of technological advancement. Witho...ut it, we would be lost. This series of three programmes tells of dazzling leaps of imagination and extraordinary experiments. It's a story of maverick geniuses who used electricity to light our cities, to communicate across the seas and through the air, to create modern industry, and to give us the digital revolution.
Until fairly recently, electricity was seen as a magical power, but it is now the lifeblood of the modern world, fuelling our lives and underpinning every aspect of technological advancement. Witho...ut it, we would be lost. This series of three programmes tells of dazzling leaps of imagination and extraordinary experiments. It's a story of maverick geniuses who used electricity to light our cities, to communicate across the seas and through the air, to create modern industry, and to give us the digital revolution.
| Series: | Shock and awe - the story of electricity |
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| First transmission date: | 2011 |
| Published: | 2011 |
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| Duration: | 00:58:45 |
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| Director: | Jon Eastman |
| Producer: | Jon Eastman |
| Presenter: | Jim Al-Khalili |
| Contributor: | Jim Al-Khalili |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/whats-on/ou-on-the-bbc-the-story-electricity |
| Master spool number: | BOU050788 |
| Production number: | FKN383F |
| Videofinder number: | 82124 |
| Available to public: | no |
