Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World - Season 1 - Eps 2: The Airplane
Take to the sky with the dreamers whose work gave humans the ability to fly. From Leonardo da Vinci's "flying machines" to the modern commercial plane, without these inventions, we may have never left the ground.
About Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
Title: Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
First Air Date: 2019-04-21
Last Air Date: 2019-05-26
Status: Ended
Rating: 8/10 (from 3 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 6
Network: PBS BBC Four
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Bigger Bang, BBC TV
Synopsis
Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects that modern people take for granted, and see how science, invention and technology built on one another to change everything.
Cast
Jim Al-Khalili
Self - Presenter
