Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

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  Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

  The Telescope

  Wednesday
  Jan 28
  
  2:00 pm

  

  1 Hour

  A look at how the telescope was invented, from Galileo to Edwin Hubble, and how the invention reaches the universe 13 billion light-years out.
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  The Airplane

  Wednesday
  Jan 28
  
  3:00 pm

  

  1 Hour

  A look at inventions that gave humans the ability to fly, from Leonardo da Vinci's flying machines to modern commercial planes.
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  The Robot

  Wednesday
  Jan 28
  
  4:00 pm

  

  1 Hour

  Robots are first conceptualized in ancient Rome; how uses for robots have evolved over the centuries, from the calculator to the Roomba; what future robots might be able to do.
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  The Car

  Thursday
  Jan 29
  
  2:00 pm

  

  1 Hour

  The 9,000-year history of the car, from its roots in dog sleds to Henry Ford's Model T; the next generation of self-driving automobiles.
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  The Rocket

  Thursday
  Jan 29
  
  3:00 pm

  

  1 Hour

  The history of the rocket, from its origin in ancient China to its use as a weapon of war; how adding hydrogen allowed rockets to carry astronauts to the moon.
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  The Smartphone

  Thursday
  Jan 29
  
  4:00 pm

  

  1 Hour

  The history of the smartphone, from its roots in Morse code to Apple's unveiling of the first-ever iPhone in 2007; how the next generation of smartphones may allow for communication just by thinking.