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From Stonehenge to the Hubbell Telescope, mankind has always been a race of stargazers; unforgettable film footage and expert accounts reveal the facts of astronomy's most mind-boggling discoveries.

From Stonehenge to the Hubbell Telescope, mankind has always been a race of stargazers; unforgettable film footage and expert accounts reveal the facts of astronomy's most mind-boggling discoveries.

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S8, EP12 "Star City, Moscow"

Star City, the Gagarin Center for Training Cosmonauts, was established by the former Soviet Union in the 1960s as a school for the future conquerors of space.

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S7, EP15 "Computers"

From colossal devices designed to save the world to mind-expanding, world-shrinking machines, tracing the evolution of mice and menus; learning about the world's most powerful computer that operates at 12-trillion calculations a second.

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S13, EP27 "Batteries"

Mixtures of metals and caustic chemicals that make our tech, tools and toys surge with energy; visit the world's most powerful battery in Fairbanks, Alaska--13,760 hulking cells humming with 5,000 volts, ready to help the city survive power outages.

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S14, EP10 "Mad Electricity"

Each flip of an electric-light switch attests to the genius of Nikola Tesla, creator of the alternating current (AC) system; the Tesla coil; energy-efficient bulbs.

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S13, EP13 "It Came From Outer Space"

Discover how essential space travel technologies have journeyed back to Earth with surprising and indispensable commercial applications.

Celebrating ingenuity, invention and imagination on a grand scale, "Modern Marvels" tells the amazing stories of the doers, dreamers and sometime-schemers who create everyday items, technological advancements and man-made wonders. From the Statue of Liberty to distilled spirits, and canals to bridges, no subject seems out of reach. Science, technology, electronics, mechanics, engineering, architecture, industry, mass production, manufacturing, and agriculture are just some of the many topics that have been covered during the long-running series.
Original Air Date: Nov 11, 1992
Genres: DocuseriesTV Series
Rating: TV14
Playback: HD
7 seasons available on demand
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