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Preparing to receive a quarter of a million volts of electricity

Professor Jim Al-Khalili dons a special suit, and steels his nerves to receive a quarter of a million volts of electricity for Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

23 July 2012

3 minutes

This clip is from

Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity—The Age of Invention

Nikola Tesla鈥檚 Electrical Demonstration

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The story of Oliver Lodge's 1894 lecture that was to change the world—Revelations and Revolutions

Duration: 02:57
Simon Schaffer and Jim Al-Khalili describe the rivalry that James Clerk Maxwell's work led to—Revelations and Revolutions

Duration: 02:55
Jim Al Khalili reads from a dramatic lost letter by James Clerk Maxwell—Revelations and Revolutions

Duration: 01:39