History wasn’t just made.
It was solved.

Season 1

1. I 1859

   Charles Darwin

   Why species change. Get the first chapters of On the Origin of Species onto the four o’clock cart.

   I · Down House, Kent SOLVED
2. II 1905

   Albert Einstein

   Time is not absolute. Get four papers out of the patent office and into the last post.

   II · Bern SOLVED
3. III 1952

   Rosalind Franklin

   The shape of life. Start the long exposure that becomes Photo 51 before morning.

   III · King’s College London SOLVED
4. IV 1940

   Alan Turing

   The code no one could break. Crack the Enigma traffic on the Hut 8 night shift.

   IV · Bletchley Park SOLVED
5. V 1902

   Marie Curie

   The light that shines in the dark. See the first grain of radium glow before dawn reaches the skylight.

   V · Paris SOLVED
6. VI 1899

   Nikola Tesla

   A storm, measured. Measure the waves in the earth before the storm moves past the mountains.

   VI · Colorado Springs SOLVED
7. VII 1843

   Ada Lovelace

   The first program. Finish Note G before the printing press starts at dawn.

   VII · London SOLVED
8. VIII 1577

   Tycho Brahe

   A comet beyond the Moon. Measure it against the stars before it sinks below the horizon.

   VIII · Uraniborg, Hven SOLVED
9. IX 1823

   Mary Anning

   A sea dragon in the cliff. Dig the skeleton out of the shale before the tide comes in.

   IX · Lyme Regis SOLVED