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Season 51 Episode 3: Building The Eiffel Tower

51 Seasons Feb 14, 2024 TV-PG 53m 8.7

Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris’s iconic landmark. Completed in just over two years for the 1889 World’s Fair, the iron tower smashed the record for the tallest structure on Earth, ushering in a new age of global construction that reached for the skies. How did the engineers do it? Follow the innovations, successes, and failures that made one of the most famous buildings on the planet possible.

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Season 51 Episodes:

Episode 1 When Whales Could Walk

1. When Whales Could Walk

Aired: Jan 31, 2024

In Egypt’s Sahara Desert, massive skeletons with strange skulls and gigantic ...

Episode 2 Easter Island Origins

2. Easter Island Origins

Aired: Feb 7, 2024

How were the giant stone heads of Rapa Nui–also known as Easter Island–carved...

Episode 3 Building The Eiffel Tower

3. Building The Eiffel Tower

Aired: Feb 14, 2024

Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris’s iconic landmark. Complet...

Episode 4 Hunt for the Oldest DNA

4. Hunt for the Oldest DNA

Aired: Feb 21, 2024

For decades, scientists have tried to unlock the secrets of ancient DNA. But ...

Episode 5 A.I. Revolution

5. A.I. Revolution

Aired: Mar 27, 2024

Can we harness the power of artificial intelligence to solve the world’s most...

Episode 6 Great American Eclipse

6. Great American Eclipse

Aired: Apr 3, 2024

Explore the spectacular cosmic phenomenon of a total solar eclipse. In April ...

Episode 7

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Episode 8

Aired: Nov 30, -1

Episode 9

Aired: Nov 30, -1

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Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres: Documentary

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