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Modern Marvels
1993
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Modern Marvels
The Wheel 9 Season 18 Episode
44 min
1993
8.7
Spinning your wheels isnโt just going around in circles. In fact, itโs revolutionaryโliterally. The history of civilization has turned on the wheel, and we have traveled as far as we have because of it. One of the six simple machines and perhaps the most important invention in the history of mankind, the wheel has been essential in all aspects of lifeโfrom farming to fighting, traveling to trading. Features interviews with scientists, historians, philosophers, millers, potters, and spinners.
