Synopsis

The individuals who shaped our world—the builders and engineers who led us from caves to the modern age—have also been responsible for some of its most devastating failures. What occurs when their meticulous calculations falter, and structures collapse? Join us for a gripping two-hour exploration of history’s most significant engineering missteps, beginning with Hammurabi's era and the dawn of building codes, and extending to today’s potential nuclear or chemical catastrophes that threaten thous