The Day the Universe Changed
Season 1 Episode 1 - The Way We Are: It Started with the Greeks
Written and presented by James Burke, this 10-part series traces the development of Western thought through its major transformations since the days of ancient Greece. Program one is an overview of the series, showing how a culture’s view of the world around it determines how it sees itself, and is reflected even in the smallest details of its customs and habits.
Episodes in Season 1
The Way We Are: It Started with the Greeks
45 min
In the Light of the Above: Medieval Conflict: Faith and Reason
45 min
Point of View: Scientific Imagination in the Renaissance
45 min
A Matter of Fact: Printing Transforms Knowledge
45 min
Infinitely Reasonable: Science Revises the Heavens
45 min
Credit Where It's Due: The Factory and Marketplace Revolution
45 min
What the Doctor Ordered: Impacts of New Medical Knowledge
45 min
Fit to Rule: Darwin's Revolution
45 min
Making Waves: The New Physics: Newton Revised
45 min
Worlds Without End: Changing Knowledge, Changing Reality
45 min