James Burke : The Day The Universe Changed: "Point Of View", 1 of 6 (CC)

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Episode 3 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. See channel page for purchase options.

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[PaulUmbarger]

Burke should really do a new version of this kind of thing covering the development of the modern computer and internet and all. Bill Gates once said that no one would ever have a use for any computers with more than 700Kb of power. Now, my digital video camera makes home movies that require more storage than that! It'd be interesting to see what his take on that would be. Since Burke is getting up in years, the soner the better! Before we lose him forever.

[JamesBurkeWeb]

Agreed. Maybe he's lost interest. I hope not.

We need him now more than ever before.

- JBW

[txvoltaire]

Sadly, most younger people I know refuse to watch certain tv/movies simply because they're in b&w.

[oker59]

I like to post this on my blog on Columbus day. Main thought?

To bad most Americans(really, most people worldwide) are not free thinkers!

[oker59]

@PaulUmbarger

He should do one on mathematics, nanotechnology, space exploration, quantum computers . . . ;

[radiofreeaberdare]

@JamesBurkeWeb and @PaulUmbarger Guys, James Burke is hardly "getting on in years" - he was only born in 1936. Sir Patrick Moore is still going strong and he's nearly 90. And Mr Burke is still working away, on a project called The Knowledge Web. It's in its infancy, but imagine a whole virtual Connections website! Check it out. I'd love it if he did a new TV series, but I think we'd be lucky if anyone wanted to commission anything so broad and informative these days, alas.

[Maximara]

@Glenn1967ful DTUC was a 1985 production and was followed by After the Warming (1989), Masters of Illusion (1993), Connections 2 (1994), and Connections 3 (1997). As PBS is the main way you see James Burke in the US you are very dependent on what your local PBS thinks is important.

[oker59]

@oker59

Perhaps, mstskLives, youj'd like to see my reviews over at amazon? Links are not allowed here on youtube; so, all I can say is go to amazon and look up james burke anything! I've posted in both the book and dvd's of connections and "The Day the Universe Changed"; they should still be the most recent reviews!

[oker59]

@oker59

Do you want me to say whether it's a good series or not?

[oker59]

@oker59

I'd like to say that I like to mix up Jacob Bronowski's "Ascent of Man"(the first two episodes), James Burke's "Connections" and this series, and Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" episode about Greek science. They all cover different aspects and times. They blend in here and there and it's sometimes hard to put one episode in front of another.

[oker59]

@MST3KLives

Well, they're online here for free; so, I don't understand why you can't just watch them yourself and make up your own mind.

Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" has some history, but also gets into at least to some degree stars, the big bang theory. They both cover some history of science more than others. Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" covers Greek science a lot more than this series does.

[MST3KLives]

I would very much appreciate it if someone could reply to this: I would just like to know more about these documentaries. Are they like Carl Sagan's Cosmos, which I love, only about science and its history in general? It's just that I've never heard of this before and want to know if I should watch them.