2018-06-07

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Next stop on our tour of engineering’s major fields: electrical engineering. In this episode we’ll explore the history of telecommunications, electric power and lighting, and computers. We’ll introduce topics like magnetism, electrical conduction, telegraphy, lighting, and computers.

Crash Course Engineering is produced in association with PBS Digital Studios: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1mtdjDVOoOqJzeaJAV15Tq0tZ1vKj7ZV

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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Claude-Chappe

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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-F-B-Morse

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https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/invention-of-the-pc

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