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How We Got to Now

2014 1 season 6 eps

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Season 1

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Season 1

60 min

S1 · E1 · Oct 8, 2014

Clean Episode 1

Dirty water is transformed with a series of innovations - Chicago builds America's first sewer system, and Jersey City makes water safe for drinking (and bikinis). Manufacturing is transformed with the elimination of dust.

7.8 · You

60 min

S1 · E2 · Oct 15, 2014

Time Episode 2

With no natural light, submarines re-invent the workday. Frustrated with hundreds of local time zones, a railroad clerk fights to standardize time. Navigation, travel, and technology advances result from unrecognized contributions to time.

7.7 · You

60 min

S1 · E3 · Oct 22, 2014

Glass Episode 3

The invention of the mirror gives rise to the Renaissamce; glass lenses reveal worlds within worlds worlds; glass is essential; for communication in the deep ocean; glass lens allows millions to watch a man walk on the moon.

7.9 · You

60 min

S1 · E4 · Oct 29, 2014

Light Episode 4

The pioneers of light; Edison's light bulb; a French scientist accidentally discovers a neon light.

7.5 · You

60 min

S1 · E5 · Nov 5, 2014

Cold Episode 5

Ice delivery becomes big business, the father of frozen foods, Clarence Birdseye, and his vision for the future, and penguins who live in the desert.

7.8 · You

60 min

S1 · E6 · Nov 12, 2014

Sound Episode 6

30,000 year old traces of a desire to record sound are located in caves, how radio influenced the civil rights movement, the weapon that laid the ground work for today's mobile phones, and the role of the ultrasound in modern medicine.

7.7 · You

6 episodes in Season 1

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How We Got To Now with Steven Johnson is a six part documentary series that reveals the story behind the remarkable ideas that made modern life possible; the unsung heroes that brought them into the world – and the unexpected and bizarre consequences each of these innovations has triggered.

Documentary History

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Cast

1 person

Steven Johnson

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Creator

Steven Johnson

Total runtime 6h 0m · Episode length 60 min · Type Documentary

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Premiered

October 8, 2014

Final episode

November 12, 2014

Status

Ended

Network

PBS

Country

United States · United Kingdom

Type

Documentary

Episode length

60 min

Total runtime

6h 0m

Original language

English

Production

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Nutopia

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B

BBC Worldwide America

Production

B

BBC

Production

Languages

Spoken on screen

English

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