The Age of Invention • episode "S1E2" Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Category: Physics

How harnessing the link between magnetism and electricity transformed the world.

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Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity • 3 episodes •

Spark

How pioneers unlocked electricity's mysteries and built strange instruments to create it.

Physics

The Age of Invention

How harnessing the link between magnetism and electricity transformed the world.

Physics

Revelations and Revolutions

How we finally came to understand the science of electricity.

Physics

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