The day the Universe Changed. Volume 5

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A BBC-TV production in association with RKO Pictures, Inc.; Canale 5, Italy; FR3, France; and YLE, Finland.
Originally produced for television in 1985.
Running time on container, 110 min. Actual running time, 100 min.
Program 9. Making waves : the new physics, Newton revised (50 min.) -- Program 10. Worlds without end : changing knowledge, changing reality.
Programs 9-10 in a series that 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. Program 9 examines the revolution of physics through time. As scientists in 1800 investigated the new electric battery, their common- sense Newtonian world began to fall apart. A new science slowly evolved from pioneers from Faraday to Einstein. Program 10, the final program, reviews the series and recalls the many systems of belief which have been discarded as the discovery of new knowledge rendered them apparently invalid.
DVD format. Full screen presentation.

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