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Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity
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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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Revelations and Revolutions

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  • Find out more about electricity with The Open University

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  • How Oliver Lodge was superseded by two of his followers — Revelations and Revolutions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