Une Nouvelle histoire de l'humanité
4.5/5
Année : 2013
Nombre de saisons : 1
Durée moyenne d'un épisode : 25 minutes
Genre(s) : Documentaire
Quel est le lien entre un téléphone portable et le naufrage du Titanic en 1912 ? Entre une momie de l’Égypte antique et un sandwich au jambon et au fromage tel qu’on en mange aujourd’hui ? La « big history » est une discipline récente mise au point par des universitaires américains, qui étudie l’histoire à une très grande échelle, du big bang à aujourd’hui, selon une approche pluridisciplinaire. S’inscrivant dans ce courant, cette série appréhende les grands événements du passé sous un prisme scientifique et montre quelle est leur influence sur notre vie quotidienne.
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Épisode 1 - The Superpower of Salt
2 novembre 2013 - 5/5
Le sel, qui a permis la conservation des aliments jusqu'à l'invention du réfrigérateur, a fait l'objet de commerce depuis la nuit des temps.
Épisode 2 - Horse Power Revolution
2 novembre 2013 - 4/5
Deux cents millions d'années après sa formation, la Terre a été frappée par des météorites qui contenait notamment l'or qui a enfièvré les hommes dès 1849.
Épisode 3 - Gold Fever
9 novembre 2013 - 3/5
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 favourite 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.
Épisode 4 - Below Zero
9 novembre 2013
Reveals how cold has the power to turn men into Barbarians, spark history's longest running war, and create the concept of race. After the heat of the Big Bang, cold creates the Universe and the planet as we know it. For thousands of years on Earth, cold controls the fate of our species by changing our bodies, our skin, and even the metals we use to fight our wars. When we finally take control of the cold, we learn to dominate the planet.
Épisode 5 - Megastructures
16 novembre 2013
From the Great Pyramid at Giza to the towering skyscrapers of today, why do people have the urge to build tall structures, and how do these megastructures reflect a basic principle embedded in the very structure of the universe?
Épisode 6 - Defeating Gravity
16 novembre 2013
Flight takes more than wings. We need the right kind of air, the perfect materials cooked up over billions of years, and cosmic forces that are just right for us to leave the ground without tumbling off into space. Big History reveals how planet Earth is the perfect planet for flight.
Épisode 7 - Brain Boost
23 novembre 2013
Behind that cup of coffee or tea is a global story that goes back to the collision that created the Moon and the evolution of plant and animal life. The key is the molecule that gives your morning cup its kick: caffeine, the most popular drug in history. This is the story of how a plant poison became our drug of choice, and stimulated revolutions around the planet.
Épisode 8 - World of Weapons
23 novembre 2013
Humans have small teeth and no claws or armour, so how do we project our power? Warfare has defined traditional history, but Big History digs deeper to reveal how it all began. We see how bat poop and ancient trees shaped the history of weapons, and link the gun all the way back to a change in our bodies that turned us into throwing machines.
Épisode 9 - Mountain Machines
30 novembre 2013
They form natural boundaries, dictate how we spread around the planet, create natural defenses, and control our weather. From the World War that began with a gunshot in the Balkans to the feuds of the Appalachians, mountains have also been flashpoints for violence. They provide minerals and metals that make civilization possible, and the water that feeds billions, yet we were never designed to live in their extreme environments. Without mountains earth would be desolate and uninhabitable, and scientists now believe that an invisible mountain range made life possible in the first place.
Épisode 10 - Pocket Time Machine
30 novembre 2013
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.
Épisode 11 - Decoded
7 décembre 2013
Secret codes run the world. The code of life, DNA, is the operating system for all organisms, which spawned intelligent life like us who eventually created codes of our own–language that allows us to talk and the alphabet that lets us write. We've even created an entire digital universe built of binary code that powers the machinery of the modern age. But is it possible that the universe itself runs on code?
Épisode 12 - Deadly Meteors
7 décembre 2013
Impacts from space have created our planet and just about everything in it. Like celestial supply ships, they brought in water, metal, and maybe even life. They made our moon and sculpted the geography of our planet, but just as they created everything we know, they will likely snuff it all out in a fiery burst of destruction.
Épisode 13 - The Sun
14 décembre 2013
The Sun is our master and creator. It gives us our perception of time, controls our reality, and powers our lives. Big History sheds new light on our nearest star, revealing that ancient sun worship intersects with science, that our bodies are fine-tuned to the 24-hour day, and history is driven in unseen ways by the simple way we circle our star.
Épisode 14 - Rise of the Carnivores
14 décembre 2013
Eating meat made us human…by giving us bigger brains, better tools, and spoken language. The human need for beef has driven history across the hemispheres, but how did we turn an ancient mega-beast into the cow we have today? Big History traces all the beef on earth back to a single prehistoric herd.
Épisode 15 - Silver Supernova
21 décembre 2013
At critical moments in history, our second place metal was the most important metal on Earth. Big History reveals how silver's place in our minds was determined by the heat of exploding stars, and how this one metal saved democracy, gave us the dollar, and had a secret power to connect the world.
Épisode 16 - H2O
21 décembre 2013
Water is the miracle molecule, and mankind has used its perfect properties to revolutionize our lives. It was our first superhighway, the lifeblood of civilization, and gives us 90% of all the power we use today. This episode reveals how the science behind water is the driving force behind history.
Épisode 17 - The Big History of Everything
28 décembre 2013
This 2-hour special crisscrosses billions of years of time and space to show how everyone, and everything, is linked in one universal story. It weaves together science and history to reveal how an epic series of improbable events connect in order to make life possible–from the Big Bang to the rise of man and even our mysterious future.
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