The First Long Distance Test Drive Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

Premiered May 08, 2019
The First Long Distance Test Drive

In 1886 Karl Benz has his patent accepted for what is regarded as the first automobile.

About the Program

Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects that modern people take for granted, and see how science, invention and technology built on one another to change everything. These are the secrets of how we got to our modern world.

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