NOVA – S05 E15 : Laser : Light of the 21st Century

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When first invented 18 years ago, lasers were called "a solution looking for a problem;" nobody could think what to do with them. But in fact research scientists immediately began to exploit their pure colors and near-perfect focusing ability. Today lasers have grown into a billion-dollar business. They are used in construction, manufacturing, clothing, dentistry and medicine. And the future uses of lasers are likely to be of major significance as the means of achieving nuclear fusion and as a very high efficiency communications medium.

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Cast

Harrison Ford
as Narrator
John Lithgow
as Narrator
Keith David
as Narrator
Stacy Keach
as Narrator
Susan Sarandon
as Narrator (voice)
John Hurt
as Narrator
Liev Schreiber
as Narrator (voice)
Oliver Platt
as Narrator
Shirley Henderson
as Mileva Maric
Roy Scheider
as Narrator
Samuel West
as Humphry Davy
Joe Morton
as Narrator
Stockard Channing
as Narrator (voice)
Jim Carter
as Narrator
Derek Jacobi
as Voice of Ernest Shackleton
Frances O'Connor
as Emma Darwin
Simon Callow
as Galileo
Jay O. Sanders
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Ian Holm
as Narrator (voice)
Anton Lesser
as Voltaire
Scott Handy
as Isaac Newton
Corey Johnson
as Narrator
Julian Rhind-Tutt
as Antoine Lavoisier
Henry Ian Cusick
as Charles Darwin
Aidan McArdle
as Albert Einstein
Craig Sechler
as Narrator
Tony Robinson
as Younger Ernie
Joseph Campanella
as Narrator (voice)
Neil Ross
as Narrator
Nigel Bennett
as Sir Charles Lyell
Darri Ingolfsson
as Godfred Hansen
Steven Robertson
as Michael Faraday
Eric Meyers
as Narrator

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