Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
The First Long Distance Test Drive
In 1886 Karl Benz has his patent accepted for what is regarded as the first automobile.
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Discovering the Big Bang
In 1923, Edwin Hubble began the manual process of photographing the Andromeda Nebula.
Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
Leonardo da Vinci
A legendary artist studies the bodies of flying animals in extraordinary detail.
Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
How Far Are the Stars?
How a New York property boom led to the discovery of the distance to the stars.
Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
Hollywood Icon Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr invents a way to control torpedoes remotely.