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From ornament to the world wide web, glass has shaped the way we live today. Steven Johnson explains why a world without glass is inconceivable and begins by delving into Tutankhamun鈥檚 tomb where glass made its ornamental debut. His intriguing story continues with the invention of the microscope and the telescope, and the discovery of the technologies that gave us fibre optics, the worldwide web and even the selfie.

As part of the Richer World season Steven Johnson, the bestselling science writer, reads from his latest book How We Got to Now where he examines inventive minds, brilliant mistakes and the surprising connections that gave us the everyday objects that have made the modern world.