Jim Al-Khalili
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Synopsis
Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the electrifying story of our quest to master nature's most mysterious force - electricity. Until fairly recently, electricity was seen as a magical power, but it is now the lifeblood of the modern world and underpins every aspect of our technological advancements. Without electricity, we would be lost. This series tells of dazzling leaps of imagination and extraordinary experiments - 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.
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1. SparkNow viewing2011-10-0659mEpisode one tells the story of the very first "natural philosophers" who started to unlock the mysteries of electricity. They studied its curious link to life, built strange and powerful instruments to create it and even tamed lightning itself. It was these men who truly laid the foundations of the modern world. Electricity was without doubt a fantastical wonder. This is the story about what happened when the first real concerted effort was made to understand electricity; how we learned to create and store it, before finally creating something that enabled us to make it at will: the battery.
2. The Age of Invention2011-10-1359mJust 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.
3. Revelations and Revolutions2011-10-2059mElectricity is not just something that creates heat and light, it connects the world through networks and broadcasting. After centuries of man's experiments with electricity, the final episode tells the story of how a new age of real understanding dawned - how we discovered electric fields and electromagnetic waves. Today we can hardly imagine life without electricity - it defines our era. As our understanding of it has increased so has our reliance upon it, and today we're on the brink of a new breakthrough, because if we can understand the secret of electrical superconductivity we could once again transform the world.
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Is Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity available to watch online?
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How many seasons does Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity have?
Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity has 1 season and 3 episodes.
When did Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity first air?
Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity first aired in 2011.
Is Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity still running?
Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity's status on TMDB is: Ended.
What genre is Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity?
Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity is classified as Documentary.