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Radio 4,18 Jul 2008,30 mins

SeriesSeries 4

1923 - Traffic Lights and Frozen Food

The Eureka Years

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Adam Hart-Davis explores spectacular years in the history of science. Key inventions from 1923 include a crucial part of a TV set, a packet of frozen peas, a device for separating molecules and the story of the man who made us all stop for a moment of peace at traffic lights.

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