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Modern Marvels
S12, EP30 "Tobacco"
Tobacco's ancient discovery and Andes cultivation leads to modern North Carolina farming and Dominican Republic Fuente cigar plantation; explore harvesting techniques, public health concerns with Surgeon General, and nicotine replacement therapies.
S5, EP10 "Dynamite"
How dynamite has been used in the construction of roads, tunnels and dams. Included: the invention of dynamite.
S13, EP30 "Acid"
A look at the many uses of acid; the military harnesses acid to make explosives; at a sulfuric acid plant, acid takes the stain out of stainless steel and dissolves precious metals; the Heinz vinegar plant; acid-loving bacteria.
S3, EP15 "American Steel: Built to Last"
For over a century, the U.S. steel industry is a powerful symbol of the nation's industrial might; steel transforms a country of farmers and merchants into a nation of builders, then U.S. domination of the market meets new challenges in the 1970s.
S16, EP15 "Wood"
Hundreds of years before steel and plastic, wood was the building block of America; from the historical, to the modern, to the timeless, episode explores the surprising ways people cannot live without wood.
