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Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Episode 2: The Age of Invention

Duration: 1 hour

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Jim Al-Khalili shows how harnessing the link between magnetism and electricity transformed the world, allowing us to generate a vast amount of electric power. Show more

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