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Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity Clips

  1. Preparing to receive a quarter of a million volts of electricityThe Age of Invention

    Duration: 03:23

  2. Liz Bruton tells the story of Guglielmo Marconi's rise to fameRevelations and Revolutions

    Duration: 09:19

  3. The story of Oliver Lodge's 1894 lecture that was to change the worldRevelations and Revolutions

    Duration: 02:57

  4. Simon Schaffer and Jim Al-Khalili describe the rivalry that James Clerk Maxwell's work led toRevelations and Revolutions

    Duration: 02:55

  5. Jim Al Khalili reads from a dramatic lost letter by James Clerk MaxwellRevelations and Revolutions

    Duration: 01:39

  6. Prof Jim Al-Khalili survives nearly a million volts of electricity!Revelations and Revolutions

    Duration: 03:20

  7. Prof Jim Al-Khalili demonstrates the phenomenon of superconductivityRevelations and Revolutions

    Duration: 03:54

  8. Prof Jim Al-Khalili explores the birthplace of Scottish mathematician James Clerk MaxwellRevelations and Revolutions

    Duration: 03:05

  9. Jim Al-Khalili demonstrates the famous 'photoelectric effect'Revelations and Revolutions

    Duration: 04:54

  10. Professor Jim Al-Khalili describes James Clerk Maxwell's great breakthroughRevelations and Revolutions

    Duration: 02:54

  11. German WWII radar researcher Dr Herbert Matare tells of how he came to invent the transistorRevelations and Revolutions

    Duration: 03:18

  12. Ex-radar engineer on inventing the transistorRevelations and Revolutions

    Duration: 04:08

  13. How Oliver Lodge was superseded by two of his followersRevelations and Revolutions

    Duration: 02:35

  14. Nikola Tesla鈥檚 Electrical DemonstrationThe Age of Invention

    Duration: 01:56

  15. Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity series trailer

    Duration: 00:42

  16. Stephen Gray鈥檚 鈥楬anging Boy鈥� ExperimentSpark

    Duration: 03:19