Cosmos — Season 1, Episode 10: The Electric Boy
Documentary • 43 min • 2 seasons, 26 episodes • ★ 8.5/10
Episode synopsis
Travel to 19th century England and meet Michael Faraday, a child of poverty who grew up to invent the motor and the generator. His ideas about electricity and discovery of magnetic fields changed the world and paved the way for future scientists to make giant strides in the world of high technology and instantaneous communication.
About Cosmos
Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson provides clarity for the vision of the cosmos as he voyages across the universe with never-before-told stories that delve into the scientific concepts of the laws of gravity and the origins of space and time.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Standing Up in the Milky Way
- E2Some of the Things that Molecules Do
- E3When Knowledge Conquered Fear
- E4A Sky Full of Ghosts
- E5Hiding in the Light
- E6Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still
- E7The Clean Room
- E8Sisters of the Sun
- E9The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth
- E11The Immortals
- E12The World Set Free
- E13Unafraid of the Dark