Big History

Gold Fever (1x3)

Date de diffusion: Nov 09, 2013

This episode asks why mankind is gold crazy, and discovers there's a hard-wired reason we lust after it, and a microscopic explanation for why it shines. We reveal how the science behind our favourite metal drives men across oceans and continents, and how a difference in the way it's used in each hemisphere leads to a clash of civilizations.