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Glasgow

Episode 16 of 16

The series concludes with a visit to Glasgow, where Adam Hart-Davis learns about John Logie Baird, who invented the television, and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, who invented the cloud chamber.

The series concludes with a visit to Glasgow, where Adam Hart-Davis learns about John Logie Baird, who invented the television, and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, who invented the cloud chamber. He also finds out more about brothers William and James Thomson, who established absolute zero temperature and laid the first transatlantic cable, and Kirkpatrick MacMillan, whose innovations led to the invention of the bicycle.

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Sun 26 Aug 2001 18:00

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  • Mon 26 Oct 1998 20:00
  • Sat 28 Apr 2001 18:00
  • Thu 7 Jun 2001 18:00
  • Tue 17 Jul 2001 18:00
  • Sun 26 Aug 2001 18:00