1: Spark | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

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Jim Al-Khalili tells how the first 'natural philosophers' began to unlock electricity's mysteries, studying its curious link to life and building instruments to create it.

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1: Spark | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

1: Spark | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

BBC Four | 2011 | 59'21''

Jim Al-Khalili tells how the first 'natural philosophers' began to unlock electricity's mysteries, studying its curious li...

2: The Age of Invention | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

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3: Revelations and Revolutions | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

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1: Spark | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

1: Spark | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

BBC Four | 2011 | 59'21''

Jim Al-Khalili tells how the first 'natural philosophers' began to unlock electricity's mysteries, studying its curious li...

2: The Age of Invention | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

2: The Age of Invention | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

BBC Four | 2011 | 59'23''

Jim Al-Khalili shows how harnessing the link between magnetism and electricity transformed the world, allow...

3: Revelations and Revolutions | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

3: Revelations and Revolutions | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

BBC Four | 2011 | 59'04''

Jim Al-Khalili concludes by looking at how, if we could understand the secret of electrical supercon...

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