Day the Universe Changed

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Epistemology, History, Civilization, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences
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Author: James Burke ISBN: 9780316091916
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication: November 29, 2009
Imprint: Little, Brown and Company Language: English
Author: James Burke
ISBN: 9780316091916
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication: November 29, 2009
Imprint: Little, Brown and Company
Language: English

The Day the Universe Changed presents a sweeping view of the history of science, technology, and human civilization and examines the moments in history when a change in knowledge radically altered man's understanding of himself and the world around him.
James Burke examines eight periods in history when our view of the world shifted dramatically:

  • In the eleventh century, when extraordinary discoveries were made by Spanish crusaders.
  • In fourteenth-century Florence, where perspective in painting emerged.
  • In the fifteenth century, when the advent of the printing press shook the foundations of an oral society.
  • In the sixteenth century, when gunnery developments triggered the birth of modern science.
  • In the early eighteenth century, when hot English summers brought on the Industrial Revolution.
  • In the battlefield surgery stations of the French revolutionary armies, where people first became statistics.
  • In the nineteenth century, when the discovery of dinosaur fossils led to the theory of evolution.
  • In the 1820s, when electrical experiments heralded the end of scientific certainty.

Based on the popular television documentary series, The Day the Universe Changed is a bestselling history that challenges the reader to decide whether there is absolute knowledge to discover-or whether the universe is "ultimately what we say it is."

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The Day the Universe Changed presents a sweeping view of the history of science, technology, and human civilization and examines the moments in history when a change in knowledge radically altered man's understanding of himself and the world around him.
James Burke examines eight periods in history when our view of the world shifted dramatically:

Based on the popular television documentary series, The Day the Universe Changed is a bestselling history that challenges the reader to decide whether there is absolute knowledge to discover-or whether the universe is "ultimately what we say it is."

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