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Uploaded on Jan 16, 2009

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Episode 1 of James Burke's most well-known series "Connections" which explores the surprising and unexpected ways that our modern technological world came into existence. Each episode investigates the background of usually one particular modern invention and how it came into being. These explorations are an attempt to locate the "connections" between various historical figures who seemingly had nothing to do with each other in their own times, however once connected, these same figures combined to produce some of the most profound impacts on our modern day world; in a "1+1=3" type of way.

It is this type of investigation that is the main idea behind the Knowledge Web project; whereby sophisticated software is used to attempt to discover these subtle connections automatically. See http://k-web.org.

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  • Opedanderson

    Opedanderson 1 year ago

    wow

    wtc

    kennedy airport.

    flight 911

    freaky!!!

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  • FosterZygote

    FosterZygote 1 year ago

    Between Connections, The Day The Universe Changed, The Secret Life of Machines and Cosmos, my life was changed. Thank you WTTW Chicago!

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  • crosspecans

    crosspecans 4 months ago

    thanks for making my kids smarter !!

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  • Joe W

    Joe W 4 months ago

    This is just about my favorite series of all time. Really makes you think about the "butterfly effect".

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  • MrEnKaye

    MrEnKaye 5 months ago

    chyeah! DFTBA!

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    in reply to nemesis962074 (Show the comment)
  • dillene

    dillene 6 months ago

    Well that's a bittersweet opening.

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  • nemesis962074

    nemesis962074 6 months ago

    CGPGrey anyone?

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  • andyt1313

    andyt1313 6 months ago

    I always loved this program. You have no idea where even the most obscure scientific discovery will take you. This program ranks close to Carl Sagan's Cosmos in making science accessible to your average person.

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  • alex07268

    alex07268 6 months ago

    This makes an average evening in 1978 seem like science fiction. All it took was not taking life for granted.

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  • seancolorado

    seancolorado 6 months ago

    "no delays expected" ha, good one

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    in playlist James Burke: Connections
  • Mark Deutrom

    Mark Deutrom 7 months ago

    An outstanding series. Excellent companion piece to The Ascent of Man. Difficult to believe television of this quality actually existed at one point...

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  • Jack Kim

    Jack Kim 7 months ago

    Thank you.. Still very Relevant Oct 8 2012... and beyond.....

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