The Day the Universe Changed
Season 1 Episode 4 - A Matter of Fact: Printing Transforms Knowledge
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1985
Documentary
Observes that the invention of printing and the advent of cheap paper forever transformed the nature of knowledge from the local and traditional to the systematic and testable. Nationalism, public relations, and propaganda are among the results.
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
4
A Matter of Fact: Printing Transforms Knowledge
45 min
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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
