Name: Story of Electricity
Uploaded: 2011
Description: Leaps of imagination. Extraordinary experiments. Maverick geniuses. This is the story of our quest to master nature’s most mysterious force.

Leaps of imagination. Extraordinary experiments. Maverick geniuses. This is the story of our quest to master nature’s most mysterious force.

What is electricity? How did the first scientists unlock its mysteries and harness its power to build the modern world? Through incredible tales of genius, triumph and disaster, learn how our understanding of electricity was transformed from “magic” into science.

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What is electricity? Discover how the first scientists unlocked the mysteries of electricity and harnessed its power to build the modern world.

Episode 1: The Life Force

Travel back in time to a world where electricity was new. When scientists discovered the link between electricity and magnetism—another fundamental force of nature—it transformed the world, allowing us to generate a seemingly limitless amount of electric power.

Travel back in time to a world discovering electricity! When scientists uncovered the essential link between electricity and magnetism, it transformed the world.

Episode 2: Power & Attraction

After centuries of experimenting with electricity, the discovery of electric fields and electromagnetic waves ushered in a new age of understanding. Uncover the range of frequencies along the electromagnetic spectrum: from huge radio waves to microscopic gamma rays.

After centuries of experimenting with electricity, the discovery of electric fields and electromagnetic waves ushered in a new age of understanding.