James Burke : The Day The Universe Changed: "Making Waves", 1 of 5 (CC)

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Episode 9 of James Burke's ground-breaking series "The Day The Universe Changed" which explores the evolution of Western Scientific thought starting from the fall of Rome.

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[DonQuixotedeKaw]

Amusing. A rare dissagreement with JB;

Newton actually despised mechanical clocks.

His fanatical hatred for them is well documented.

"NOVA Online | Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude"

[JamesBurkeWeb]

I have that book actually! Longitude by Dava Sobel. But I haven't read it yet :(

Does Mr. Burke say that Newton was obsessed with clocks or something here? I'll have to re-watch this part and see. But if I recall, the intro is about the "Swiss" obsession with clocks and orderliness which was something in common with Newton's world view: Orderly, predictable running like "clockwork".

Actually, one notable scholar disagrees with that assessment and is very possibly correct. Noam Chomsky ctd...

[JamesBurkeWeb]

describes Newton's discovery of the universal law of Gravitation as a great let-down for him since (at the time) the idea of physical bodies acting on one and other without touching was considered to be "ludicrous" and Newton's gravity would have been an example of one of these "occult" forces which he himself had assumed could not exist in a mechanical universe.

We call it mechanics now, but at the time it would have been considered the exact opposite. Something akin to magic.

- JBW

[infinityclock]

I just wanted to say that I watch these videos all the time, and they're awesome.

[JamesBurkeWeb]

Agreed. They're amazing... too bad some sequences are missing from these versions, but at least it's finally possible to purchase the full unedited versions now (before it was $800 now it's only $150). Great shows though, even when cut!

- JBW

[silverfoxcondor46]

Thanks for bringing this series to Youtbe

[JamesBurkeWeb]

By the way... I did a little research into that clip featured on your page (TDTUC E10 5/5) in my case, and those remarks were made by Mr. Burke in the year *1985* if you can believe it.

Talk about flashes of insight!

- JBW

[soapbxprod]

PURE GENIUS! Have watched them again and again for thirty years?

[mdiem]

I love Burke's style! It's the video equivalent of a page-turner. I can't put the book down!

[JamesBurkeWeb]

You're very welcome. Enjoy the series!