Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

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2019
59m

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Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World (2019)

Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic inventions that modern people take for granted, and see how science, invention, and technology built on one another... Read allTake a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic inventions that modern people take for granted, and see how science, invention, and technology built on one another to change everything.Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic inventions that modern people take for granted, and see how science, invention, and technology built on one another to change everything.

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Jim Al-Khalili

Self - Presenter

• 2019

Danielle George

Self - Engineer…

• 2019

James Meigs

Self - Science Writer

• 2019

Tiera Fletcher

Self - Aeronautical Engineer…

• 2019

Alice Roberts

Self - Biological Anthropologist

• 2019

Saul David

Self - Historian

• 2019

Richard Garriott

Self - Entrepreneur and Private Astronaut

• 2019

Derrick Pitts

Self - Chief Astronomer, The Franklin Institute

• 2019

Brandon Mikesell

Self - Wingsuit Pilot

• 2019

Shini Somara

Self - Fluid Dynamicist

• 2019

Rodney Brooks

Self - Robotics Scientist

• 2019

Danny Forster

Self - Architect

• 2019

Nadya Mason

Self - Physics Professor

• 2019

Brett Salmon

Self - Postdoctoral Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute

• 2019

Dan Coe

Self - Postdoctoral Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute

• 2019

David Lentick

Self - Zoological Engineer

• 2019

Liang Zhipeng

Self - Engineer and Musician

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Robert Hurford

Self - Wheelwright

• 2019

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9pidstr

Fantastic Series.

Brilliant presentation with engrossing tales.

But,.. The episode on Rockets misses some vital accuracy regarding the fuels used. Hydrogen is not the most common, or the most powerful, and while the narration (scripted and read beautifully by Patrick Stewart) is telling us about the limits of Hydrogen power, the visuals show us rockets that fly using LOx and RP1 - the latter being a derivative of Kerosene. For more accurate information on that part of the subject matter, Tim Dodds on Everyday Astronaut has a brilliant presentation. Misses being 10 stars only to reflect the work of the researchers and script writers being 'mostly accurate'.

9mrhenriklebowski

Great show

Just started watching this, it feels like a 21st Century version of James Burke's Connections. Jim Al-Khalili is a really engaging presenter who breaks down and explains the concepts really well.

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In the UK, the episodes were shown in the order 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.1, 1.3. This was not a random order determined at the time of broadcast, because at the end of each episode before the credits there was an "in next week's episode" trailer.