Big History — Season 1, episode 3 watch online

Big History, season 1 episode 3 «Gold Fever»: air date November 9, 2013. Episode overview, season trailer and the cast of Big History.

This episode asks why mankind is gold crazy, and discovers there's a hard-wired reason we lust after it, and a microscopic explanation for why it shines. We reveal how the science behind our favorite metal drives men across oceans and continents, and how a difference in the way it's used in each hemisphere leads to a clash of civilizations.