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How We Got to Now
How We Got to Now

How We Got to Now

★ 7.9•2014•1 Seasons•ANIME
Documentary

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.

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Steven Johnson

Steven Johnson

Episodes

Clean

1. Clean

60m

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.

Aired: 10/8/2014
Time

2. Time

60m

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.

Aired: 10/15/2014

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Glass

3. Glass

60m

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.

Aired: 10/22/2014
No Preview

4. Light

60m

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

Aired: 10/29/2014
Cold

5. Cold

60m

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.

Aired: 11/5/2014
Sound

6. Sound

60m

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.

Aired: 11/12/2014