James May's Things You Need To Know — S02E05 — about Engineering
2012 · 30 MIN · IMDB 7.3
Overview
How have smart guys with spanners managed to change the world? James May finds out by asking things like: What did steam ever do for us? What is the smartest machine? And … When can I move to Mars? Through a weird and wonderful world of animation and motion graphics James will reveal all the answers and along the way find out who has been building skyscrapers for millions of years, what a football has to do with nanotechnology and how a 180mph chicken gun and foul tasting tea help keep you safe on a plane. James uncovers fascinating facts, super science and a wealth of downright wackiness, giving you the real ‘nuts & bolts’ account of how things really work, from the wheel to the Saturn V rocket.
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00:00:00 Engineering is all about problem solving.
00:01:25 Made from six and a half million tons of concrete,
00:02:40 And the wonderful thing about nature is you see all these amazing things
00:03:52 Any toddler knows that the ones on the bus go round and round.
00:05:05 Which is great, except for all that running back and forth
00:06:18 So how do bridges work?
00:07:40 They had to stand under their creations while the scaffolding was removed,
00:08:54 Steam is great for making frothy coffees, stripping wallpaper
00:10:11 and I'd have my hover-boots by now.
00:11:22 which gave us the term "horsepower",
00:12:47 is a pretty hostile place for a human body.
00:13:55 And so every time a plane goes up to altitude and comes back down,
00:15:06 Aargh!
00:16:14 that buildings really took off.
00:17:19 the undisputed high-rise champion is Dubai's Burj Khalifa.
00:18:37 to take a razor off the sink and towards your face.
00:19:53 If these man-made microbes were to multiply out of control,
00:21:09 it measured an impressive 1% - about the same as a cat.
00:22:20 Basically, this is just a cosy little chat
00:23:42 The Saturn V is still the largest, most powerful rocket ever built,
00:24:48 And Buzz Aldrin had to remember not to lock the door,
00:26:05 For starters, it's not too far away.
00:27:11 but real-life engineers are working on it right now.
00:28:27 Screwdriver?
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James May's Things You Need To Know, season 2, episode 5: about Engineering.
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