Can We Have Unlimited Power?

We are the most power-hungry generation that has ever lived. This film tells the story of how that power has been harnessed - from wind, steam and from inside the atom. In the early years the drive for new sources of power was led by practical men who wanted to make money. Their inventions and ideas created fortunes and changed the course of history, but it took centuries for science to catch up, to explain what power is, rather than simply what it does. This search revealed fundamental laws of nature which apply across the universe, including the most famous equation in all of science, e=mc2.

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  • Originally Aired May 18, 2010
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Production Code b00sj736
  • Network BBC Two
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  • Created October 11, 2021 by
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  • Modified October 9, 2022 by
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Name Type Role
Michael Mosley Host
Nicola Cook Director