Communication
Exploring the fascinating stories behind the invention and development of the electric telegraph, the telephone and wireless communication.
Nothing has shrunk the globe more than our extraordinary ability to talk across the oceans and continents. This reveals the fascinating chain of events that made such everyday miracles possible. It tells the story of the handful of extraordinary inventors and inventions who helped build the modern world by harnessing electricity and electromagnetism to enable us to send instant messages across vast distances. Michael Mosley, Professor Mark Miodownik and Dr Cassie Newland tell the amazing story of three more of the greatest and most transformative inventions of all time: the electric telegraph, the telephone and wireless communication.
Our experts explain how these inventions came about by sparks of inventive genius and steady incremental improvements. They separate myth from reality in the lives of the great inventors and celebrate some of the most remarkable stories in British history.
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The invention of wireless communication by Guglielmo Marconi
Duration: 08:36
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The invention of the telephone and how it changed society
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The invention of Morse code and the first transatlantic cable
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The invention of the telegraph by Cooke and Wheatstone
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Michael Mosley |
Presenter | Mark Miodownik |
Presenter | Cassie Newland |