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Modern Marvels
Season 6 · Episode 45
More Engineering Disasters.
0.044mNovember 29, 1999
Throughout history the same builders and engineers that paved man's path out of the caves and into the modern world also caused some of mankind's worst disasters. Often a huge calamity is traced back to a tiny cause, insignificant in itself, but triggering a domino effect. We'll revisit notable disasters and search for probable causes.
Episodes
- Episode 1Demolition
- Episode 2The Atlantic Wall
- Episode 3History of Tall Buildings
- Episode 4Aquariums
- Episode 5Las Vegas Hotels.
- Episode 6The Oakland Bay Bridge.
- Episode 7Monumental Statues
- Episode 8Antibiotics: The Wonder Drugs
- Episode 9The Police Car
- Episode 10Plastics
- Episode 11Medical Imaging
- Episode 12Extreme Sports Gadgets
- Episode 13Bombs
- Episode 14Prosthetics
- Episode 15Weather Prediction
- Episode 16Stereos
- Episode 17Mail Delivery
- Episode 18Clocks
- Episode 19Airships.
- Episode 20Physical Fitness
- Episode 21Engineering Disasters
- Episode 22City Parks
- Episode 23Spy Technology
- Episode 24Battlefield Medicine
- Episode 25U.S. Mints: Money Machines
- Episode 26Rescue Equipment
- Episode 27Scuba And Deep Sea Diving
- Episode 28Offshore Oil Drilling
- Episode 29Dynamite.
- Episode 30Hoover Dam.
- Episode 31Baseball Parks
- Episode 32New York Bridges
- Episode 33Crash Testing
- Episode 34Parachutes
- Episode 35Newspapers
- Episode 36Fireworks
- Episode 37Simulators
- Episode 38The Tool Bench: Power Tools
- Episode 39The Tool Bench: Hand Tools
- Episode 40More Earthmovers.
- Episode 41Forts
- Episode 42Emergency Room
- Episode 43Motorcycles
- Episode 44Security Systems
- Episode 45More Engineering Disasters.
- Episode 46Niagara Power
- Episode 47Casino Technology
- Episode 48Lost Marvels