Genius of Britain Episode 2 (Part 1/5) HD

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"In this new five-part series, leading scientific figures - Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, James Dyson, David Attenborough, Robert Winston, Paul Nurse, Jim Al-Khalili, Kathy Sykes and Olivia Judson - celebrate the British scientists and inventors who literally created the modern world. The second programme in the series looks at the scientific spark that ignited the Industrial Revolution in Britain. James Dyson tells the story of how a young James Watt was inspired to perfect the steam engine that would change the world forever. Jim Al-Khalili explains how Joseph Priestley, a clergyman with a fascination for gases, discovered the very air we breathe and started a craze for soda water. David Attenborough talks about his hero Joseph Banks, the great naturalist who sailed to the South Seas and founded Kew Gardens on his return. And Robert Winston reveals the extraordinary story of John Hunter, surgeon, anatomist... and body-snatcher."
(Part 2 of 5)

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  • @BlameRepublicans I am sure he is Jewish.

  • @TheSobek Try doing some independent study.  It will help you.

  • Is it me or does Banks look like Kramer from Seinfeld?

  • @thechessstick STFU stupid theist douche.

  • @d2dvysoc go away silly theist.

  • can some one tell me the probability of us coming from a rock than sup and on.. oh wright it like 1/10^1000000000000000000000. and that is science? they teach it like a fact.

  • Let me take you back in time, to a place of mystery and superstition.

    Welcome to Republican America!

  • Banks is well remembered in Sydney, Australia. He named Botany Bay, part of Sydney in named for him, Bankstown and we all learn about him at school. Banks is considered to be as big a part of Australian history as British. We are proud to name him amongst our founding father.

  • @Cacacos The One and only God Who you know but deny.

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