Light
Episode 4 | 54m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Uncover a link between gas lamps, electric light and architecture and advertising.
Best-selling author Steven Johnson tells the story of the people who took us out of the dark and into the light, including the invention of Edison’s light bulb and how an 18th-century shipping community discovered a source of illumination by putting a kid inside a whale’s head.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Light
Episode 4 | 54m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Best-selling author Steven Johnson tells the story of the people who took us out of the dark and into the light, including the invention of Edison’s light bulb and how an 18th-century shipping community discovered a source of illumination by putting a kid inside a whale’s head.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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