History Documentary by James Burke
The Day the Universe Changed: A Personal View by James Burke is a British documentarytelevision series written and presented by science historian James Burke, originally broadcast onBBC1 from 19 March until 21 May 1985 by the BBC. The series' primary focus is on the effect of advances in science andtechnology on western society in its philosophicalaspects.
The title comes from thephilosophical idea that theuniverse essentially only exists as one perceives it through what one knows; therefore, if one changes one's perception of the universe with new knowledge, one has essentially changed the universe itself. To illustrate this concept, James Burke tells the various stories of important scientific discoveries and technological advances and how they fundamentally altered howwestern civilizationperceives the world. The series runs in roughly chronological order, from around the beginning of the Middle Ages to the present.
This is a really cool, really enlightening historical documentary, that I invite everyone to check out