History of Science  Can We Have Unlimited Power?

Michael Mosley explores how society has harnessed power. Details

 

Program: History of Science

Episode: Can We Have Unlimited Power?

We are the most power-hungry generation that has ever lived. Michael Mosley explores how that power has been harnessed - from wind, steam and from inside the atom. It took centuries for science to explain what power is, rather than simply what it does.

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Duration: (58:58)
Premiere Date: 04/29/2012
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: TV-G


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