Genius of invention. Episode 3, Communication /

Ideas that changed the world - Michael Mosley and team pick 12 inventions and explore how they have changed the way we live our lives. They explain how these inventions came about - from sparks of genius to steady incremental improvements hammered out in workshops - and separate myth from reality in...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Bell, Victoria (Director, Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	London, England : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 2013.
Series:	VAST: academic video online
Subjects:	Telephone > History. Communication > History. Technological innovations. Innovations. Information > Histoire. Communication Technological innovations Telephone Documentaries and Factual Films documentary film. Documentary films History Documentary films. Documentaires.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Ideas that changed the world - Michael Mosley and team pick 12 inventions and explore how they have changed the way we live our lives. They explain how these inventions came about - from sparks of genius to steady incremental improvements hammered out in workshops - and separate myth from reality in the lives of the great inventors.Communication looks at how three inventions have revolutionalised our lives. In episode three, Communication, the team explores how the electric telegraph, the telephone and wireless communication transformed the way we speak to each other. Communication is part of the BBC history series Genius of Inventions which looks at how key inventions from history were developed and explores the impact that they have had on our lives today.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 21, 2014).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (51 min.).
Playing Time:	00:50:17