Genius of invention. Communication. Episode 3

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Ideas that changed the world - Michael Mosley and team pick 12 inventions and explore how they have changed the way we live our lives. They explain how these inventions came about - from sparks of genius to steady incremental improvements hammered out in workshops - and separate myth from reality in the lives of the great inventors.Communication looks at how three inventions have revolutionalised our lives. In episode three, Communication, the team explores how the electric telegraph, the telephone and wireless communication transformed the way we speak to each other. Communication is part of the BBC history series Genius of Inventions which looks at how key inventions from history were developed and explores the impact that they have had on our lives today.