Big History: Gold Fever

  • TV-14
  • Release year: 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 favorite metal drives men across oceans and continents, and...read more
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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 favorite 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.

Original Release

11/09/2013

US Release

11/09/2013

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Directors

James Grant Goldin

Writers

James Goldin

Cast

Producers

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