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How We Invented the World Season 1 Episodes

  • 2012-2012
  • 1 Season
  • Discovery Channel
  • Documentary
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Series explores the most iconic inventions and breakthroughs of the modern age, from the cell phone to the airline black box. The project will explore the secrets of what's to come, from guns that check your DNA fingerprint before they can fire to transparent planes that save fuel and allow passengers to see the world in a new way.

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

5 Episodes 2012 - 2012

Episode 1

Mobile Phones

Sun, Jan 1, 2012

The mobile phone has connected the modern world, but inventing it took the most beautiful woman in the world, Frankenstein's creator, the Titanic tragedy and the ultimate stroll down 6th Avenue.

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Episode 2

Skyscrapers

Sun, Jan 1, 201243 mins

The skyscraper - the ultimate symbol of power and wealth. But, incredibly, to invent the skyscraper it took a bird in a cage, a city in flames, a chance question from a college student and the humble horse and wagon.

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Episode 3

Aeroplanes

Sun, Jan 1, 2012

It's made our dream of flight a reality, but the moments of genius it took to invent it involved not just birds as inspiration, but bikes, a trip to the Moon and back, a pair of frozen eyeballs and two nervous breakdowns.

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Episode 4

Cars

Sun, Jan 1, 201243 mins

So much more than getting us from A to B, but the eureka moments it took to invent the car we know today included a Scottish veterinarian, an ambitious wife, thousands of slaughtered animals and a terrifying experiment with boiling oil.

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Episode 5

Guns

Sun, Jan 1, 2012

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