S1 EP3 - Great Leap Years - Bells, Nobels, More Bells and Prizes
Napoleon Bonaparte is on the phone.Beginning with the electric tale of Alessandro Volta and his creation of the battery via Napoleon and his establishment of the Volta Prize in his honour. Napoleon sowed the seeds that bloom in Silicon Valley today.
Stephen Fry's 7 Deadly Sins · Stephen Fry | SamFry Ltd
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Show Notes
The spark that Napoleon sent across the century from Paris to New York with the prize fund that seeded the Bell Labs energised the next century's, in ways that the emperor could never have guessed at.
Researched, written & read by Stephen Fry. Music composed and conducted by Guy Farley with The Chamber Orchestra of London.
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