The Day the Universe Changed (1985)
4.6 of 5 from 45 ratings
9h 10min
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- Synopsis:
Presented by veteran BBC historian and science reporter James Burke, this series explores influences of discoveries and shared knowledge on the perception of the Universe and man's place in it. James Burke looks at times when new knowledge or discoveries has altered that thinking and explores the cultural changes those discoveries effected.
Episodes Comprise:
1. The Way We Are: It Started with the Greeks
2. In Light of the Above: Medieval Conflict: Faith and Reason
3. Point of View: Scientific Imagination in the Renaissance
4. A Matter of Fact: Printing Transforms Knowledge
5.. Infinitely Reasonable: Science Revises the Heavens6. Credit Where It's Due: The Factory and Marketplace Revolution
7. What the Doctor Ordered: Social Impacts of New Medical Knowledge
8. Fit to Rule: Darwin's Revolution
9. Making Waves: The New Physics: Newton Revised
10. World's Without End: Changing Knowledge, Changing Reality- Actors:
- James Burke, Roger Avon, Jeff Pirie, Peter Sproule, Elizabeth Valentine, John Gabriel, George Malpas, Harry Klein, John Moore, Roy Evans, Jill Goldston
- Directors:
- Robin Bextor
- Producers:
- Richard Reisz, John Lynch
- Narrated By:
- James Burke
- Writers:
- James Burke
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Documentaries
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