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Inventions That Shook the World Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2011 - 2011
Episode 1
The 1900s
Wed, Aug 3, 2011 60 mins
Inventions from the 1900s. Included: airplanes, radios, vacuum cleaners, disposable razors and air conditioners.
Episode 2
The 1910s
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 60 mins
Inventions from the 1910s. Included: rockets, sonar, traffic lights, flush toilets and military tanks.
Episode 3
The 1920s
Wed, Aug 17, 2011 60 mins
Inventions from the 1920s are featured, including parachutes, sound film, sliced bread, refrigerators and the television.
Episode 4
The 1930s
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 60 mins
Inventions from the 1930s, including parking meters, helicopters, latex condoms and ballpoint pens.
Episode 5
The 1940s
Wed, Jul 13, 2011 60 mins
1940s inventions, including computers, microwave ovens, kitty litter and jet engines.
Episode 6
The 1950s
Wed, Jul 27, 2011 60 mins
Inventions from the 1950s. Included: hovercraft, transistor radios, flight-data recorders and Sputnik.
Episode 7
The 1960s
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 60 mins
Devices from the 1960s, including weather satellites, video games and industrial robots.
Episode 8
The 1970s
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 60 mins
Inventions from the 1970s are featured, including cell phones, VCRs, MRI and digital cameras.
Episode 9
The 1980s
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 60 mins
Inventions from the 1980s, including the Mir space station; the Internet; DNA profiling; and the nicotine patch.
Episode 10
The 1990s
Tue, Dec 6, 2011 60 mins
DVDs, GPS, the Hubble space telescope and advances in cloning are discussed in this look at inventions from the 1990s.
