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How a journey that began thousands of years ago with the Inca and the potato connects to a mad scientist in a castle and German beer; the brink of a future with clean, limitless energy.

Connections with James Burke

Limitless Energy

A cup of coffee in the 18th century takes James to the pioneering woman who discovered the structure of DNA and a future with genetically engineered people.

Designer Genes

Dog pee, the Polaroid camera and rocket fuel lead to a future where AI is indistinguishable from human intelligence.

None of This is Real

James opens a cabinet of curiosities to discover how the French Revolution, wallpaper and NORAD brought about the rise of big data; a world where humans finally merge with the internet.

In the Net

James jumps in the sensory deprivation tank with a man who took LSD with dolphins to discover how syphilis in the French aristocracy kicked off a journey to the nanofabricator, a machine that can build anything, molecule by molecule, for free.

The End of Scarcity

James connects the dots between Napoleon's toothpick and the Nielsen TV ratings to see how scientists have built the quantum computer, a data-processing machine so powerful that it can predict the future.

Seeing the Future

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James Burke goes on a journey of discovery through the interlocking threads of knowledge running through history, using state of the art CGI and virtual reality to unlock the power of his extraordinary imagination.

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