Connections

Oct 17, 1978 (en) Documentary [0] Min
  • First Air Date
    Oct 17, 1978
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  • Original title
    Connections
  • Release
    Oct 17, 1978
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Overview

Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the history of science and invention, Connections explores an "Alternative View of Change" that rejects the conventional linear and teleological view of historical progress. To demonstrate this view, Burke begins each episode with a particular event or innovation in the past (usually ancient or medieval) and traces a path from that event through a series of connections to a fundamental and essential aspect of the modern world.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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The First Series ( 1978-10-17)

Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the history of science and invention, Connections explores an "Alternative View of Change" that rejects the conventional linear and teleological view of historical progress. To demonstrate this view, Burke begins each episode with a particular event or innovation in the past (usually ancient or medieval) and traces a path from that event through a series of connections to a fundamental and essential aspect of the modern world.

The Trigger Effect

Episode: 1

Death In The Morning

Episode: 2

Distant Voices

Episode: 3

Faith in Numbers

Episode: 4

The Wheel of Fortune

Episode: 5

Thunder In The Skies

Episode: 6

The Long Chain

Episode: 7

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

Episode: 8

Countdown

Episode: 9

Yesterday, Tomorrow, and You

Episode: 10

Connections² ( 1994-01-02)

Sequel series to the 1979 "Connections" where historian James Burke walks the viewer through the tenuous threads of history that link seemingly obscure scientific breakthroughs and the events and products that we have today.

Revolutions

Episode: 1

Sentimental Journeys

Episode: 2

Getting it Together

Episode: 3

Whodunit?

Episode: 4

Something for Nothing

Episode: 5

Echoes of the Past

Episode: 6

Photo Finish

Episode: 7

Separate Ways

Episode: 8

High Times

Episode: 9

Deja Vu

Episode: 10

New Harmony

Episode: 11

Hot Pickle

Episode: 12

The Big Spin

Episode: 13

Bright Ideas

Episode: 14

Making Waves

Episode: 15

Routes

Episode: 16

One Word

Episode: 17

Sign Here

Episode: 18

Better Than the Real Thing

Episode: 19

Flexible Response

Episode: 20

Connections³ ( 1997-01-01)

In the conclusion to his groundbreaking series, James Burke continues to make incredible connections to history's most important discoveries and inventions.

Feedback

Episode: 1

What's in a Name

Episode: 2

Drop the Apple

Episode: 3

An Invisible Object

Episode: 4

Life is No Picnic

Episode: 5

Elementary Stuff

Episode: 6

A Special Place

Episode: 7

Fire from the Sky

Episode: 8

Hit the Water

Episode: 9

In Touch

Episode: 10

After The Warming ( 1989-01-01)

Set in 2050, social journalist James Burke looks back at events of the world from the dawn of civilization and shows how climate change has affected human history. At the point of the Industrial Revolution, humans began to do things to the climate, rather than the other way round. When he brings us up to date (1989), that is when the predictions begin. From Kyoto to the two Gulf Wars, Burke accurately predicts many of the events that have taken place so far. His predictions have been sound, even to the tune of carbon credits and climate change agreements. Using virtual reality computer simulations, Burke traces the Earth's history of ice ages and warming trends and presents several possible scenarios caused by the greenhouse effect during the 1990s to 2050.

The Fatal Flower

Episode: 1

Secret of the Deep

Episode: 2

The Day the Universe Changed ( 1985-03-19)

Documentary series about the effect of advances in science and technology on western society in its philosophical aspects.

The Way We Are: It Started with the Greeks

Episode: 1

In the Light of the Above: Medieval Conflict: Faith and Reason

Episode: 2

Point of View: Scientific Imagination in the Renaissance

Episode: 3

A Matter of Fact: Printing Transforms Knowledge

Episode: 4

Infinitely Reasonable: Science Revises the Heavens

Episode: 5

Credit Where It's Due: The Factory and Marketplace Revolution

Episode: 6

What the Doctor Ordered: Impacts of New Medical Knowledge

Episode: 7

Fit to Rule: Darwin's Revolution

Episode: 8

Making Waves: The New Physics: Newton Revised

Episode: 9

Worlds Without End: Changing Knowledge, Changing Reality

Episode: 10
Oct 17, 1978 (en)
Documentary
[0] Min
  • First Air Date Oct 17, 1978
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato 100%
Original Title Connections
en

Overview

Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the history of science and invention, Connections explores an "Alternative View of Change" that rejects the conventional linear and teleological view of historical progress. To demonstrate this view, Burke begins each episode with a particular event or innovation in the past (usually ancient or medieval) and traces a path from that event through a series of connections to a fundamental and essential aspect of the modern world.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer