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Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity Revelations and Revolutions Clips

  1. Liz Bruton tells the story of Guglielmo Marconi's rise to fame

    Duration: 09:19

  2. The story of Oliver Lodge's 1894 lecture that was to change the world

    Duration: 02:57

  3. Simon Schaffer and Jim Al-Khalili describe the rivalry that James Clerk Maxwell's work led to

    Duration: 02:55

  4. Jim Al Khalili reads from a dramatic lost letter by James Clerk Maxwell

    Duration: 01:39

  5. Prof Jim Al-Khalili survives nearly a million volts of electricity!

    Duration: 03:20

  6. Prof Jim Al-Khalili demonstrates the phenomenon of superconductivity

    Duration: 03:54

  7. Prof Jim Al-Khalili explores the birthplace of Scottish mathematician James Clerk Maxwell

    Duration: 03:05

  8. Jim Al-Khalili demonstrates the famous 'photoelectric effect'

    Duration: 04:54

  9. Professor Jim Al-Khalili describes James Clerk Maxwell's great breakthrough

    Duration: 02:54

  10. German WWII radar researcher Dr Herbert Matare tells of how he came to invent the transistor

    Duration: 03:18

  11. Ex-radar engineer on inventing the transistor

    Duration: 04:08

  12. How Oliver Lodge was superseded by two of his followers

    Duration: 02:35