Where To Stream American Experience Season 35 Episode 7
The Sun Queen
- Aired April 4, 2023
- 60 Min
- Rated 7.0
- Number 103 Of 108 Rated Episodes
For nearly 50 years, biophysicist and inventor Mária Telkes applied her prodigious intellect to harnessing the sun's power. She designed and built the first successfully solar-powered house in 1949 but was perplexed by the knotty scientific challenge of developing a reliable and economical way to store captured solar energy. Telkes held more than 20 patents at the time of her death in 1995.