The Great Acceleration(2020)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2020-08-18
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 7.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
This remarkable science-history series investigates the blistering pace of human endeavour in space exploration, computing, energy, resources, Earth science and our understanding of the evolution of life itself.
Keywords
energy supplyenergyalternative energyevolutionspace explorationcomputingcomputer technologysocial and industrial developmentcomputer sciencetechnological evolutionenergy projectobservational documentarydocumentaryhistorysciencesearth sciencehistorical documentary
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Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
Exploring the Universe
Air Date: 2020-08-18
This science-history series investigates the blistering pace of human endeavour and discovery. Dr Shalin Naik explore...
E02
Rise of the Machines
Air Date: 2020-08-25
From the first transistor to deep learning networks, the rise of computing power over the last 50 years has been so p...
E03
Energy Revolutions
Air Date: 2020-09-01
Over the last 50 years the world has experienced an energy revolution, driven by an urgent need to green the grid and...
E04
Food, Water, Waste
Air Date: 2020-09-08
Rising demands for food, water and materials have pushed resources to the limit and at the same time waste is piling ...
E05
Blue Marble
Air Date: 2020-09-15
Before it was photographed from space around 50 years ago, our perspective of Earth was fragmented and disconnected. ...
E06
Life
Air Date: 2020-09-22
Genetic breakthroughs have shed light on how life evolves in real-time. From filling in missing links to creating new...
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