| Description |
5 videodiscs (approximately 550 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Credits |
Photography, Brian Hall ... [et al.] ; editor, Roy Sharman ... [et al.] ; theme music, Carl Davis. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Program 1. The way we are: it started with the Greeks (55 min.) -- Program 2. In the light of the above: Medieval conflict: faith and reason (55 min.) -- Disc 2. Program 3. Point of view: scientific imagination in the Renaissance (55 min.) -- Program 4. A matter of fact: printing transforms knowledge (55 min.) -- Disc 3. Program 5. Infinitely reasonable: science revises the heavens (55 min.) -- Program 6. Credit where it's due: factory and marketplace revolution (55 min.) -- Disc 4. Program 7. What the doctor ordered: social impacts of new medical knowledge (55 min.) -- Program 8. Fit to rule: Darwin's revolution (55 min.) -- Disc 5. Program 9. Making waves: new physics: Newton revised -- Program 10. Worlds without end: changing knowledge, changing reality (55 min.). |
| Note |
For specific features see interactive menu. |
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Science -- History -- Videodiscs.
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Technology -- History -- Videodiscs.
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Knowledge, Theory of -- Videodiscs.
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Civilization -- History -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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Television mini-series.
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Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Television programs Great Britain.
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Educational films.
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Burke, James, 1936- screenwriter, host.
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Reisz, Richard, producer.
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Lynch, John, producer.
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Davis, Carl, 1936- composer.
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British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
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RKO Pictures.
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Canale 5.
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France 3 cinéma (Firm)
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Yleisradio Oy.
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| Added Title |
Day the universe changed (Television program)
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| Standard No. |
739815004377 |
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