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Big History•Season 1•Episode 6

Defeating Gravity

6.4/10 · 18 votesNov 16, 201322 min

Ranked #10 of 17 in Season 1•−0.1 vs season avg

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Flight takes more than wings. We need the right kind of air, the perfect materials cooked up over billions of years, and cosmic forces that are just right for us to leave the ground without tumbling off into space. Big History reveals how planet Earth

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Season 1 Episodes17

E1 7.0

The Superpower of Salt

E2 6.9

Horse Power Revolution

Gold Fever

Below Zero

Megastructures

Defeating Gravity

Brain Boost

World of Weapons

Mountain Machines

Pocket Time Machine

Decoded

Deadly Meteors

The Sun

Rise of the Carnivores

E15 6.3

H₂O

E16 6.3

Silver Supernova

E17 7.0

The Big History of Everything

Cast1

Bryan Cranston

Narrator

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Episode Summary

"Defeating Gravity" is episode 6 of Big History season 1. It scored 6.4/10 from 18 votes, ranking #10 of 17 episodes this season (season average 6.5). It aired on November 16, 2013.

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