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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect in every way except you can't find it anywhere!!!,
This review is from: The Day The Universe Changed: A Personal View (VHS Tape)
I have some of this series on tape from 15 years ago but it hasn't aired since then. Burke combines science and history with a narrative that provides one surprise after another. A previous reviewer stated that he was blown away. Exactly my feeling. If you can't find the series on VCR then buy the book but please purchase the book on tape just to hear Burke in his own words. His voice is an important part of the presentation. If this were offered on DVD, they would sell like crazy. Someone is an idiot! "The Day the Universe Changed" is an eleven on a scale of 1 to 10.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I've spent 20 years wishing I could see this series again,
By Sam Spencer (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Day The Universe Changed: A Personal View (VHS Tape)
This documentary series blew my mind. I learned so many things about scientific discoveries -- plus it was very well directed with seamless cuts between historical recreation and Burke in the modern time explaining it all. I did tape it on VHS but the tapes are lost. I always wondered why I didn't see this title all over the place in video stores. Everyone owes it to themselves to witness this fascinating glimpse into human discovery and the way that our universe changes with each significant breakthrough in medicine, science and technology over the ages. I still have such vivid memories of this show from 21 years ago. The discovery of ether as an anesthetic was particularly surprising -- US doctors partying with it and discovering they were "painless." Burke on board a modern Navy vessel talking about war technology and sonar, and in another episode, Isaac Newton drops balls from a balcony and Burke catches them in the modern time. I'm searching for this on DVD. Must have.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
James Burke at his best,
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This review is from: The Day The Universe Changed: A Personal View (VHS Tape)
I watched this entire ten part BBC series by James Burke and learned more about history in its accurate form than I would have learned had I taken ten college courses. The amount of information contained in this series is simply overwhelming, and I particulary enjoyed the third segment titled "In the Light of the Above". It is one of the very few portrayals of the vast contributions by Muslims and Arabs to civilization, and it was that source of knowledge that transformed Europe out of its Dark Ages and into the so-called Renaissance; "so-called" since the French word means "to be reborn", yet how could Europe have been reborn into the enormous knowledge that came to them from Arabs and Muslims if they never had it before? Those contributions included science, mathematics that included algebra (the numbers we use are know as Arabic Numerals)and the introduction of the zero and decimal system. They made incredible studies and advances in optics, irrigation, navigation, astronomy, philosphy, botany, anatomy, pharmacology, medicine, architecture, dentisry, and on and on. Different courses at meals, rhyming poetry and rhythmic music, dressing for the seasons, many spices and farmed products, daily baths, public lighting, and even table manners came from the Arabs and Muslims. Europe's grand cathedrals would not have been possible without Muslim contributions to mathematics, architecture, and science. The West is deeply indebted to Muslims for those contributions. Where would we all be without them!This series is a MUST see, MUST learn, and MUST know undertaking. I urge everyone to buy this series when it is available. You will not regret it. Yousef Salem Sunnyvale, California
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