BBC, Documentary,
Robert Winstion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Science_Changed_Our_World
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/how-science-changed-our-world/
Excerpts:
1. Contraceptive Pill
"In 1961, the pill was release in Britain."
2. Microship
3. MRI Scanner (Machine)
4. Laser
"A one-watt laser can light a match"
5. Biomechanics
(Artificial limbs)
6. World Wide Web
"It's astonishing to think that the majority of us
went online for the very first time
just ten years ago."
"Galaxy Zoo is just one of a host of projects
inviting the public to get involved science."
7. Big Bang Theory
8. DNA
"115 volumes like this
contain the print-out of the human genome
from just one individual.
Three billion letters
It's the recipe for what makes you who you are."
9. Cell Biology
"Stem cells are among the first cells
produced when an egg is fertilised.
Though they start off looking the same,
they soon turn into very different things -
bone, muscle, hair, teeth, nerves,
all the different cell types that make up a human being."
10. IVF Babies
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