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Great Leap Years
Stephen Fry
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Great Leap Years
A sweeping history of the technologies that reshaped humanity, from the first taming of fire and the printing press to the machines that may yet remake us. Each episode is rebuilt as an illustrated visual guide you can read in minutes.
The Episodes
IWhen We Were Very YoungFry goes as far back as he can: to the first word, the first struck flint, the first fire. The story of the leaps that made us human.Live →IIA Faustian PactOut of the plague’s long shadow comes the printing press. Fry on Gutenberg, mass-produced knowledge, and the bargain it demanded of us.Live →IIIBells, Nobels, More Bells and PrizesFrom a lump of amber to a voice on the air, the age of electricity arrives. Fry on Volta’s pile, Morse’s telegraph, Bell’s telephone, and the prize that dynamite paid for.Live →IVRaising the Vail and Catching the TubeThe telephone could barely cross a city, let alone a continent. Fry on Theodore Vail’s five-year pledge, the glowing glass tube that kept it, and the research lab that changed invention forever.Live →
VLet’s Play MonopolySoon
VIThe Iotatron That Wasn’tSoon