Kaboom!
Synopsis
Expect fireworks in this Equinox history of the colourful chemical reaction: the explosion. Explaining how these dangerous substances work and meeting those whose lives revolve (at a safe distance) around them, Kaboom! outlines the battered story of one of the world’s most important scientific breakthroughs.
From gunpowder to nitroglycerine, explosives have been used for good as well as evil. The part they have played in terrorism and war is well documented, but few know that explosive chemicals are used in fertiliser or that nitroglycerine is still prescribed for heart conditions. Indeed, Alfred Noble, the man who invented dynamite, drank his own explosive as a medicine.
Expect fireworks in this Equinox history of the colourful chemical reaction: the explosion. Explaining how these dangerous substances work and meeting those whose lives revolve (at a safe distance) around them, Kaboom! outlines the battered story of one of the world’s most important scientific breakthroughs.
From gunpowder to nitroglycerine, explosives have been used for good as well as evil. The part they have played in terrorism and war is well documented, but few know that explosive chemicals are used in fertiliser or that nitroglycerine is still prescribed for heart conditions. Indeed, Alfred Noble, the man who invented dynamite, drank his own explosive as a medicine.
Duration
1 x 52'
Definition
SD
Genre
Factual
Subgenre
Science
Producer
WINDFALL FILMS LTD