How We Got To Now

Rating:3.1 of 5Total number of episodes:12Last episode broadcasted:11/12/2014 at 2:01AM
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Sound

Expired 3.0 86 x
Imagine a world without the power to capture or transmit sound. Steven Johnson journeys to the Arcy sur Cure caves in northern France, where he finds the first traces of the desire to record sound. He also learns about the role radio played in the c...
54:40

Cold

Expired 3.0 45 x
Steven Johnson explains how entrepreneur Frederic Tudor made ice delivery one of the biggest export business in the U.S. and where Clarence Birdseye, the father of the frozen food industry, experienced his eureka moment. He also travels to Dubai to ...
54:40

Light

Expired 3.0 31 x
Best-selling author Steven Johnson tells the story of the people who took us out of the dark and into the light, including the invention of Edison’s light bulb and how an 18th-century shipping community discovered a source of illumination by putting...
54:40

Glass

Expired 3.0 170 x
Best-selling author Steven Johnson considers how the invention of the mirror gave rise to the Renaissance, how glass lenses allow us to reveal worlds within worlds and how, deep beneath the ocean, glass is essential to communication. The link betwee...
55:11

Time

Expired 3.5 269 x
Best-selling author Steven Johnson boards a submarine to discover what a lack of natural light means for a sailor’s working day and visits Heathrow, the world’s busiest airport, to try to get timings right at air traffic control. Learn how advanceme...
Short videos
00:31Preview of 'Cold'11/05/2014
00:31Light Promo10/29/2014
00:31Glass Promo10/22/2014
03:49Steven's Memorable Moments09/11/2014
00:43Preview of Sound09/11/2014
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