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3/4. If I Had a Hammer- Hammers and Nails
The hammer is the oldest known tool, developed from the idea of hitting one thing with a hard lump of something else. The breakthrough came when someone lashed a stick handle to the lumpy bit- but what advantage does a handle give? Physicist Len Fisher investigates.
Music by Tom Bancroft Producer Amanda Hargreaves

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Len Fisher
Music By:
Tom Bancroft
Producer:
Amanda Hargreaves
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