Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of our quest to master the power of electricity.

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Preparing to receive a quarter of a million volts of electricity — The Age of Invention
German WWII radar researcher Dr Herbert Matare tells of how he came to invent the transistor — Revelations and Revolutions
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