The people and ideas that changed the world - Part 1

The inventors and breakthroughs that shaped modern life — from Tesla's tragic genius and Oppenheimer's bomb to the doctor who first said "wash your hands". This is Part 1.

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Why Inventing Color TV Was So Difficult
5.7
Primal Space
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The Tragic Story of Nikola Tesla
6
Newsthink
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Why Cold Drinks Were Deadly Before 1914
6
Veritasium
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The Man Who Gave us the Power To Destroy Ourselves (Oppenheimer)
6.2
Veritasium
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The Story of A Doctor Killed For Saying “Wash Your Hands”
5.8
Doctor Mike
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How One Company Secretly Poisoned The Planet
6
Veritasium
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Why Steve Jobs HATED Bill Gates
5
JimmyTheGiant
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The Secret Side of Sir Isaac Newton
5.4
Newsthink
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Why The US Military Made GPS Free-To-Use
5.5
Real Engineering
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Who Invented the Internet? And Why?
5.4
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
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The Origin of the Rabies Vaccine
5.2
Patrick Kelly
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What did people do before anesthesia? - Sally Frampton
5.3
TED-Ed
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Inventions That Killed Their Creators
5.4
Papa Meat
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How the Modern Computer Was Invented By Accident
5.1
Newsthink
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6 Inventors Who Were Killed By Their Own Inventions
5.4
Joe Scott
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Steve Jobs introduces iPhone in 2007
6
John Schroter
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Why Electric Cars Failed 100 Years Ago
5.5
Everything Electric CARS
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The Scientist Who Sucked at Math
5
Newsthink
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The Problem with Nuclear Fusion
5.5
Real Engineering
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