Revolutions: Ideas that Changed the World
In this major new landmark series for BBC Four co-produced by PBS, Jim Al-Khalili explores the extraordinary story of six remarkable inventions: The Aeroplane, The Car, The Rocket, The Smartphone, The Telescope, The Robot. They are familiar, yet hidden within them are thousands of years of thought, struggle, sacrifice, determination and insight. The series is littered with visionaries. We peer into their original notebooks, use state of the art experiments, ground breaking drama and CGI to shed new light on the discoveries of well-known icons, like Galileo and Da Vinci; lesser known individuals like Ada Lovelace and Bertha Benz. Each episode explores little-known stories and is packed with incredible ideas: Like the beginnings of robotics 2,000 years ago or the Hollywood starlet and inventor who, while trying to defeat the Nazis, made today’s mobile network possible. We see time and again where a completely chance discovery leads to an application that no-one was expecting.
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