The day the Universe Changed. Volume 2

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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 3. Point of view : scientific imagination in the Renaissance (50 min.) -- Program 4. A matter of fact : printing transforms knowledge (50 min.).
Programs 3-4 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 3 covers the astonishing changes that developed out of new discoveries of perspective geometry, new architectural techniques, and the ability to map the world and cross oceans. Also explores how knowledge led to a new individualism. Program 4 looks at how the world was transformed by Gutenberg's discovery of the printing press, and draws connections to subsequent revolutions in Western thought.
DVD format. Full screen presentation.

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