Big History — Season 1, Episode 10: Pocket Time Machine
Documentary • 22 min • 1 season, 17 episodes • ★ 7.8/10
Episode synopsis
How does the cellphone in your pocket link to the Big Bang, the evolution of human memory, and even the Titanic disaster? Big History reveals how cosmic forces conspired to give us the tool that has revolutionized the planet. From the dial pad to the way we write phone numbers, there's a hidden science behind the cellphone.
About Big History
Explores many facets of epic moments in history from the past 13.7 billion years, from a Big History perspective.