Big, Bigger, Biggest

Seasons

2008

8

Each episode explores the engineering breakthroughs that have enabled us to develop the largest structures currently in existence. This is done by presenting multiple landmark inventions.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Skyscraper

Sky scrapper in Dubai made of steel mesh skeleton, double pane glass panels, and concrete piles for a solid base.

S1 • E2

Aircraft Carrier

The Nimitz-class super-carriers are a class of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the United States Navy. Showing the evolution and history of how the Nimitz-class super-carrier came to be.

S1 • E3

Bridge

Several suspension bridge breakthroughs made it possible to construct the 2-mile (3.2 km) long Akashi Kaikyo Bridge. Featured Bridges include Iron , Menai , Niagara Falls , Brooklyn , Golden Gate , and Verrazino Bridge.