Quirky Science

Early Attempts to Fly (3:05)

Lighter Than Air (4:37)

Gliders (1:53)

Fixed-Wing Power (5:14)

Wright Brothers: First Flight (1:02)

Jet Engine: High-Altitude Flight (2:39)

Engine Thrust (1:43)

Flight Speed (3:23)

Credits: Flight: Quirky Science (0:44)

Introduction: Cool: Quirky Science (1:03)

Early Attempts at Cooling Machines (2:55)

You Can't Create Cold (1:01)

Willis Haviland Carrier Invents the Air Conditioner (2:23)

Early Industrial Uses of Air Conditioning (1:11)

A Necessity of Modern Life (1:41)

Cooling Food (2:07)

The Icebox and the Refrigerator (2:27)

Early Refrigerators Rejected Due to Safety Concerns (1:44)

Dirty Ice Leads to Safe Refrigeration (1:57)

The Refrigerator Goes Mainstream (1:04)

The Search for a Replacement for Freon (2:48)

The Eco-Friendly Refrigerator of the Future? (1:37)

Credits: Cool: Quirky Science (0:44)

Coal Mining and Light (3:36)

Electricity and Light (3:05)

Thomas Alva Edison's Light (5:03)

Fluorescent Lights (4:42)

LEDs (3:27)

Laser Light (4:25)

Credits: Light: Quirky Science (0:44)

Invention of Telephone (0:58)

History of Communication (1:45)

Bell Mistranslates German (1:31)

Telephone Workings (3:03)

Lack of Interest in Telephone (2:36)

Bell's Patent (1:23)

Manual Switchboards (2:16)

Cellular Phones (1:48)

Cell Phone Technology (2:16)

Text Messages (2:26)

Augmented Reality (2:06)

Phone-Less Future (2:10)

Credits: Telephony: Quirky Science (0:44)

First Man-Made Material (3:39)

Material of a Thousand Uses (3:34)

First Types of Plastic (4:02)

Nylon in the War (2:26)

Chemical Structure of Plastic (3:43)

Biodegradable Plastics (3:03)

The Future of Plastics (2:33)

Credits: Plastics: Quirky Science (0:44)

Origins of Canning (3:15)

Improvements in Food Preservation: From Glass to Tin (1:44)

Inhibiting Bacterial Growth in Canned Food (1:28)

Early Can Opening Techniques (2:20)

Canned Foods Grow in Popularity (1:58)

Microorganisms and Pasteurization in Canned Foods (4:01)

Journey to Safer Canning Techniques (2:07)

Radappertization: Today's Method of Canning Sterilization (2:27)

Fresh Versus Canned Foods (1:33)

Canned Food's Contribution to Society (2:04)

Credits: Canned: Quirky Science (0:46)

Four Bodily Humors (2:32)

Bloodletting (3:26)

Placebo Effects (2:26)

Disinfection Discovery (2:26)

Antony Van Leeuwenhoek (3:06)

Immunization and Antibiotics (3:48)

Problem of Superbugs (2:45)

Mutable Flu Virus (2:50)

Credits: Cures: Quirky Science (0:45)

Origin of the Internet (2:55)

Packet Switching (3:36)

World Wide Web (4:00)

Business on the Worldwide Web (2:32)

Peer-to-Peer Sharing (3:18)

Identity Protection (4:31)

Web 3.0 (2:00)

Credits: Virtual World: Quirky Science (0:44)

Introduction to Computing History (1:28)

Antikythera Mechanism (0:52)

Father of the Computer (1:28)

First Computer Programmer (2:12)

Binary System Invented (2:56)

Turing and Code Breaking (3:05)

IBM and Punch Card Business (2:27)

ENIAC (2:13)

Microprocessors (1:38)

Apple and Floppy Disks (3:35)

Supercomputers (2:26)

Credits: Electric Mind: Quirky Science (0:43)

Introduction: Waves: Quirky Science (0:53)

Electromagnetism and Lodestones (1:54)

Leyden Jar (2:21)

Electricity (1:54)

Discovering Relations Between Magnetism and Electricity (2:21)

Making Kites Communicate (1:37)

Hertz and Antenna. (1:27)

Long-Distance Electronic Messages (2:43)

RADAR (1:27)

Wavelengths (2:21)

X-Rays (2:32)

MRIs (2:27)

Credits: Waves: Quirky Science (0:44)

Introduction: Gunpowder: Quirky Science (0:47)

Gunpowder Origin Myths (1:43)

Gunpowder Ingredients (1:18)

Europeans, Gun Powder and Poop (2:38)

Sources of Salt Peter (1:07)

Why Gunpowder Explodes (1:35)

Chemistry and Firework Artistry (2:11)

Fireworks Through History (2:40)

Gunpowder as Weapon (1:59)

Chinese Fire Arrows (1:36)

Early Military Applications of Gunpowder (1:34)

Gunpowder Changes Warfare (1:33)

Smokeless Powder (2:46)

Summary of Gunpowder History (0:30)

Credits: Gunpowder: Quirky Science (0:45)

Introduction: Rubber: Quirky Science (1:00)

Ubiquitous Rubber (1:42)

Rubber Introduced to the U.S. (1:30)

Vulcanization (3:00)

An Invention That Changed the World (2:11)

Rubber Barons (1:47)

Rubber Tree Farming Takes Off (1:06)

Fordlandia (1:48)

The Quest for Synthetic Rubber (1:49)

The World's First Man-made Rubber (1:48)

World War II Spurs Development of Synthetic Rubber (1:38)

Inventions from Rubber Research (2:56)

The Search for a Greener Rubber Continues (1:43)

Credits: Rubber: Quirky Science (0:44)

Caves Walls, Stone Tablets, & Papyrus (2:11)

Advent of Paper in China (1:47)

Guarding & Spreading the Secret of Paper Technology (1:36)

Early European Parchment & "Rag Paper" (1:38)

European Paper Advances & Rise in Literacy (1:27)

How to Make Paper (1:01)

Invention of Ink (1:08)

Recipe for Homemade Ink (0:40)

Feather Pens & Fountain Pens (2:42)

Ballpoint Pens: Sold Out the First Day (0:55)

Advent of Ballpoint Pen (2:20)

Making Paper Suitable for Ink (1:08)

Paper Conservation (1:46)

Paperless Paper & E-Paper (1:59)

Are We Headed for a Paperless World? (0:36)

Credits: Paper: Quirky Science (0:45)