Big History — Season 1, Episode 3: Gold Fever
Documentary • 22 min • 1 season, 17 episodes • ★ 7.8/10
Episode synopsis
This episode asks why mankind is gold crazy, and discovers there's a hard-wired reason we lust after it, and a microscopic explanation for why it shines. We reveal how the science behind our favorite metal drives men across oceans and continents, and how a difference in the way it's used in each hemisphere leads to a clash of civilizations.
About Big History
Explores many facets of epic moments in history from the past 13.7 billion years, from a Big History perspective.