The Secret Genius of Modern Life - Series 3
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- Episode
- Rollercoaster
- Broadcast Info
- 2025 (60 mins)
- Description
- The rollercoaster has been sending our hearts racing and stomachs dropping for over a century, and today, millions of us get our kicks on these topsy-turvy, dare-devil joyriders. Hannah gets the inside story on the UK’s newest, tallest and fastest rollercoaster - Thorpe Park’s Hyperia. She uncovers the wild origins of the modern-day coaster and finds out how some dodgy French physics in the 19th century, NASA rocket scientists and an ambitious cartoonist called Walt delivered the ultimate thrill machine.
- Genre
- Technology; Leisure
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The Open University, "The Secret Genius of Modern Life - Series 3". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/252781 (Accessed 03 Nov 2025)