Try to track down How We Got To Now (http://www.pbs.org/show/how-we-got-now/ http://www.pbs.org/show/how-we-got-now/), it was a science series PBS aired a coupl

Try to track down How We Got To Now (http://www.pbs.org/show/how-we-got-now/ http://www.pbs.org/show/how-we-got-now/), it was a science series PBS aired a couple years ago and it's absolutely fantastic. It's very much in the style of Connections and follows how one invention led to another and another, etc. I'm pretty sure I remember reading the producers say they wanted to make a spiritual successor to Connections.