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The Story

Here we tell the exciting story of the great discoveries and of those who made them, thus shaping the world to make it what it is today. From Chinese writing to the invention of the automobile, taking us from electricity, to vaccination, measurements, etc. Maestro guides us through the centuries introducing us to the greatest scholars...

Author : Albert Barillé
Director : Albert Barillé
Music : Michel Legrand

The list of episodes

  1 - The Chinese, our ancestors
  2 - Archimedes and the Greek
  3 - Hero from Alexandria
  4 - The measuring of time
  5 - Henri the navigator and cartography
  6 - Gutenberg and printing
  7 - De Vinci, a jack-of-all trades
  8 - The doctors (Paracelse, Vésale, Paré, etc.)
  9 - Galileo
10 - Newton
11 - Buffon (discovering the past)
12 - Lavoisier and chemistry
13 - Stephenson, full steam ahead
14 - Faraday and electricity
15 - Darwin and evolution
16 - Mendel and peas
17 - Pasteur and micro-organisms
18 - Thomas Edison and applied science
19 - Marconi and sound waves
20 - Ford and the adventure of motorcar
21 - Aviation
22 - Marie Curie
23 - Einstein
24 - Lorenz, father of the geese
25 - Armstrong, the moon and the space
26 - Tomorrow

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