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Flight this Fascinating journey through a century of flight captures the spirit and excitement of aviation past and present, from the Wright brothers' first airborne attempts to the story behind the space race.

A history of the inventiveness of applied science, from the stone tools hewn by the earliest prehistoric people to the dawn of the modern era in 1492.

Discusses how common household items can become useful inventions, how many inventions were discovered accidentally, and how new products can be patented. A review of the inventive process; a discussion of the inventions of da Vinci, Edison, and Buckminster Fuller; plus sets of situations that challenge one's powers of invention.

Some tall tales and legends of history that are accepted as facts are exposed as fiction.

"A history of inventions and engineering from the pyramids to the space shuttle"--Jacket subtitle.

The lowly paperclip attracts little attention in our world of advanced gadgets and increasingly sophisticated technology. But to veteran inventor and design engineer Steven J. Paley, it is a prime example of the qualities that often characterize a great invention--simplicity, elegance, and robustness--and it provided a lasting solution to a common problem. Paley shows why these same three qualities are essential not only to the success of simple devices,...

In episode three, the team explores how nothing shrunk the globe more than our extraordinary ability to talk to one another across the oceans and continents. They reveal the fascinating chain of events that made such everyday miracles possible by telling the story of the extraordinary inventors who harnessed electricity and electromagnetism. Their brilliance led to three transformative inventions: the electric telegraph, the telephone, and wireless...

A global view of science and technology as it developed over the centuries.