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Jun 1, 2010 · The Lights Come On: Directed by Robert Bee, Jonathan Rudd. With Jim Al-Khalili, Richard Dawkins, James Dyson, Stephen Hawking. Science came of age by the early 19th century, propelling Britain to the future with communications delivered at the tap of a finger, electrical power and light conjured from trial and error, focused experiments, and just-discovered equations.
Genius of Britain: The Scientists Who Changed the World is a five-part Channel 4 documentary series that celebrates Britain's great scientists and inventors who have been at the forefront of some of history's greatest advances. The series begins with Isaac Newton's work and Robert Boyle's air pump, 350 years ago.
Jan 1, 2010 · Genius of Britain: The Scientists Who Changed the World. Hardcover – January 1, 2010. Over the last 500 years, life has been steadily transformed by the inventions of British scientists, and their landmark discoveries have revealed the astonishing beauty of the universe. This is the story of the flashes of inspiration experienced by ...
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May 30, 2010 · Charismatic men of action and reclusive eccentrics. Eureka moments and serendipitous strokes of luck. Discoveries born of crisis and insatiable curiosity. The history of scientific progress in Britain offers an astonishing breadth of personalties and has had an awe-inspiring effect on world progress. Each episode in this five-part series brings an era of scientific thought to vivid life, with modern-day
Genius of Britain: The Scientists Who Changed the World. In this 5 part series, some of the UK’s leading scientific figures explored the stories, and introduced the people, behind the British innovations that contributed to the creation of the modern world from the steam engine to the worldwide web. Robert Winston contributed to two episodes.
Genius of Britain is the story of the flashes of inspiration experienced by generations of British scientists as they realised they were about to change the world. Every one of the characters that make up this rich tradition has a unique and very human story. The relationships between them range from lifelong collaboration to bitter rivalry.
The Channel 4 series, Genius of Britain, tells the stories behind innovations from steam engine to evolution, the atom, computers and the World Wide Web. From Isaac Newton to Frank Whittle, James Watt to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and Joseph Banks to Rosalind Franklin, these are the people who - through blood, sweat and tears - overcame all obstacles in the search for answers.
