Big History

Big History· Season 1 · Episode 10

Pocket Time Machine

S01E10·November 30, 2013·22m·History

How does the cellphone in your pocket link to the Big Bang, the evolution of human memory, and even the Titanic disaster? Big History reveals how cosmic forces conspired to give us the tool that has revolutionized the planet. From the dial pad to the way we write phone numbers, there's a hidden science behind the cellphone.

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