How We Invented The World

*How We Invented The World*
How We Invented The World
Genre	Documentary
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Running time	42 minutes
Production company	Nutopia
Original release
Network	Discovery Channel
Release	November 6 –; December 4, 2012

GenreDocumentary

No. of seasons1

No. of episodes5

Running time42 minutes

How We Invented The World is a 2012 documentary miniseries that aired on Discovery Channel and was produced by Nutopia.^[1]^[2] It was directed by Stephen Warburton, Jonathan Rudd and Sam Miller.^[3] It Explores the most iconic inventions and breakthroughs of the modern age.^[4] It was narrated by Laurence Fox.^[5]

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No.	Title	Original release date
1	"Mobile Phones"	November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06)
The mobile phone has connected the modern world, but inventing it took the most beautiful woman in the world, Frankenstein’s creator, the Titanic tragedy and the ultimate stroll down 6th Avenue.
2	"Skyscrapers"	November 13, 2012 (2012-11-13)
The skyscraper – the ultimate symbol of power and wealth. But, incredibly, to invent the skyscraper it took a bird in a cage, a city in flames, a chance question from a college student and the humble horse and wagon.
3	"Aeroplanes"	November 20, 2012 (2012-11-20)
The aeroplane - it’s made our dream of flight a reality, but the moments of genius and invention it took to invent it involved not just birds as inspiration, but bikes, a trip to the Moon and back, a pair of frozen eyeballs and two nervous breakdowns.
4	"Cars"	November 27, 2012 (2012-11-27)
The car - so much more than getting us from A-B, but the eureka moments it took to invent the car we know today included a Scottish veterinarian, an ambitious wife, thousands of slaughtered animals and a terrifying experiment with boiling oil.
5	"Guns"	December 4, 2012 (2012-12-04)

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