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Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World.

Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

The Telescope

A look at how the telescope was invented, from Galileo to Edwin Hubble, and how the invention reaches the universe 13 billion light-years out. (60 minutes)

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Mon, 4/29 at 3:00 pm on Austin PBS HDTV

The Smartphone

The history of the smartphone, from its roots in Morse code to Apple's unveiling of the first-ever iPhone in 2007; how the next generation of smartphones may allow for communication just by thinking. (60 minutes)