The Day the Universe Changed
Season 1 Episode 3 - Point of View: Scientific Imagination in the Renaissance
8.7 ?
1985
Documentary
Shows that Western Europe’s rediscovery of perspective through the study of Arab optics led to revolutions in art and architecture. The West’s new-found ability to control things at a distance resulted in new methods of warfare and the confidence to make long voyages of exploration.
Episodes in Season 1
1
The Way We Are: It Started with the Greeks
45 min
2
In the Light of the Above: Medieval Conflict: Faith and Reason
45 min
3
Point of View: Scientific Imagination in the Renaissance
45 min
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4
A Matter of Fact: Printing Transforms Knowledge
45 min
5
Infinitely Reasonable: Science Revises the Heavens
45 min
6
Credit Where It's Due: The Factory and Marketplace Revolution
45 min
7
What the Doctor Ordered: Impacts of New Medical Knowledge
45 min
8
Fit to Rule: Darwin's Revolution
45 min
9
Making Waves: The New Physics: Newton Revised
45 min
10
Worlds Without End: Changing Knowledge, Changing Reality
45 min
