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S4, EP9 "Quantum Physics: A Step Into Unknown"The development of incredible technologies, from the infinitely small to the infinitely large; a journey through the key moments that allow humanity to discover quantum physics.
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S4, EP10 "Chaos Theory: Small Causes, Great Effects"Many natural phenomena are based on the laws of physics; forecasting the weather several days in advance; asking if it is possible to predict everything.
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S4, EP11 "Algorithms: Following the Recipe!"Countless machines are used to perform hard work in one's daily life, with each of them obeying a specific program custom-written in a particular language.
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S4, EP12 "Mathematics: How to Speak to Robots?"Handling numbers so large that all the books in the world would not be enough to contain them; societies are profoundly reliant on an increasingly complex equation.
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S4, EP1 "Electricity: A Bright Idea!"Distant ancestors were afraid of lightning and thought that it was sent by the gods; today, electricity is part of people's daily lives.
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S4, EP2 "Heredity: It's a Family Affair!"Early in their history, humans realize that they can affect nature by controlling fire, making tools and taming wild animals; what they were not given by nature, they harnessed in other species.
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S4, EP3 "Gravity: It All Falls Into Place!"From the mysterious megaliths in prehistory to the first hot air balloons and the construction of the Giza pyramid complex, ancestors have always observed and experimented to gain a better understanding of their world.
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S4, EP4 "Viruses and Bacteria: Tiny but Tough"A journey through the key events that have allowed people to better understand the world of microbe.
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S3, EP8 "Apartheid: The Spiral of Fear"After several months on the run, South African black leader Nelson Mandela is arrested by police and imprisoned on Robben Island off Cape Town in 1962, beginning a long ordeal.
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S3, EP9 "Augustus: Emperor of the Republic"After civil wars weaken the Roman Republic, Julius Caesar proclaims himself dictator for life. However, he is assassinated by Senate conspirators March 14, 44 B.C.
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S3, EP10 "Carthage: Rome's Rival"Founded as a Phoenician colony on the African coast, Carthage rises to dominate the Western Mediterranean until being challenged by Rome in a series of three Punic Wars.
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S3, EP11 "Miners: Fodder of the Industrial Revolution"Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer and chemist James Watt's steam engine innovations power the Industrial Revolution.
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S3, EP12 "Encyclopedia: Dare to Know"Frenchman Denis Diderot becomes a prominent figure of the 18th-century Enlightenment and edits the groundbreaking Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts.
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S3, EP1 "Kursk: The USSR Strikes Back"After successive failures at Moscow and Stalingrad, Germany goes on the offensive again in the spring of 1943 and clashes with the Soviet Red Army at Kursk, which is considered the greatest tank battle in history and a turning point of World War II.
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S3, EP2 "Vikings: Assault on the Frankish Empire"In 885, hundreds of Viking longships launch an assault on the Frankish Empire and the Norsemen besiege Paris.
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S3, EP3 "Deepwater: An Ocean of Oil"The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico April 20, 2010, causing a gigantic oil spill.