Connections
Season 2, Episode 19: Better Than the Real Thing
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This episode starts in the 1890s with bicycles and bloomers and then takes a look at boots, zippers, sewing machines, and infinitesimal difference. Speaking of small, we look at microscopic germs, polarised light, sugar, coal, iron, microbubbles, the spectroscope, night vision, beriberi resulting from polished rice, chickens, war rationing, and finally, we arrive at vitamins in a pill.
All Episodes - Season 2
Episode 1
Revolutions
Episode 2
Sentimental Journeys
Episode 3
Getting it Together
Episode 4
Whodunit?
Episode 5
Something for Nothing
Episode 6
Echoes of the Past
Episode 7
Photo Finish
Episode 8
Separate Ways
Episode 9
High Times
Episode 10
Deja Vu
Episode 11
New Harmony
Episode 12
Hot Pickle
Episode 13
The Big Spin
Episode 14
Bright Ideas
Episode 15
Making Waves
Episode 16
Routes
Episode 17
One Word
Episode 18
Sign Here
Episode 19
Better Than the Real Thing
Episode 20
Flexible Response