New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Ambrose Video Pub., c2009.
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Notes:
- DVD.
- Closed-captioned.
- Host, James Burke.
- Photography, Brian Hall … [et al.] editor, Roy Sharman … [et al.] theme music, Carl Davis.
- Originally produced for television, 1985-1986.
- This series traces the major advances in knowledge in Western civilization since the Greeks, and demonstrates how our view of the world changes as our knowledge develops.
- v. 1. The way we are : it started with the Greeks (55 min.) In the light of the above : Medieval conflict : faith and reason (55 min.) — v. 2. Point of view : scientific imagination in the Renaissance (55 min.) A matter of fact : printing transforms knowledge (55 min.) — v. 3. Infinitely reasonable : science revises the heavens (55 min.) Credit where it’s due : factory and marketplace revolution (55 min.) — v. 4. What the doctor ordered : social impacts of new medical knowledge (55 min.) Fit to rule : Darwin’s revolution (55 min.) — v. 5. Making waves : new physics : Newton revised (55 min.) Worlds without end : changing knowledge, changing reality (55 min.).
Subjects:
- Science — History.
- Technology — History.
- Knowledge, Theory of.
- Civilization — History.
- Television programs — Great Britain.
- Documentary television programs. lcgft
- Nonfiction television programs. lcgft
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired. lcgft
- Television programs — Great Britain. local
- History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628
Requested by Wittenbreer, B