Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

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• Preparing to receive a quarter of a million volts of electricity — The Age of Invention

  Duration: 3:23

• German WWII radar researcher Dr Herbert Matare tells of how he came to invent the transistor — Revelations and Revolutions

  Duration: 3:18

• Prof Jim Al-Khalili demonstrates the phenomenon of superconductivity — Revelations and Revolutions

  Duration: 3:54

• How Oliver Lodge was superseded by two of his followers — Revelations and Revolutions

  Duration: 2:35
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