How We Got to Now

2014 TV-PG 6h 00m 8.5

Explores the power and the legacy of great ideas.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Clean

1. Clean

Aired: Oct 8, 2014

Dirty water is transformed with a series of innovations - Chicago builds Amer...

Episode 2 Time

2. Time

Aired: Oct 15, 2014

With no natural light, submarines re-invent the workday. Frustrated with hund...

Episode 3 Glass

3. Glass

Aired: Oct 22, 2014

The invention of the mirror gives rise to the Renaissamce; glass lenses revea...

Episode 4 Light

4. Light

Aired: Oct 29, 2014

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

Episode 5 Cold

5. Cold

Aired: Nov 5, 2014

Ice delivery becomes big business, the father of frozen foods, Clarence Birds...

Episode 6 Sound

6. Sound

Aired: Nov 12, 2014

30,000 year old traces of a desire to record sound are located in caves, how ...


Main Cast

Steven Johnson Steven Johnson

Creators

Steven Johnson Steven Johnson Creator

How We Got to Now Videos

HOW WE GOT TO NOW WITH STEVEN JOHNSON | Coming October 2014 | PBS
How We Got To Now With Steven Johnson - Trailer | Da Vinci

Info about How We Got to Now

Current Status: Ended

Network: PBS

Genres: Documentary, History

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