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

• Liz Bruton tells the story of Guglielmo Marconi's rise to fame — Revelations and Revolutions

  Duration: 9:19

• The story of Oliver Lodge's 1894 lecture that was to change the world — Revelations and Revolutions

  Duration: 2:57

• Simon Schaffer and Jim Al-Khalili describe the rivalry that James Clerk Maxwell's work led to — Revelations and Revolutions

  Duration: 2:55
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