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Connections DVD

Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play All 10 episodes from the acclaimed BBC series Connections Follow James Burke through the history of science and technology In this collection of 10 1-hour episodes starting with "The Trigger Effect" How did the nautical instruments of Elizabethan times give rise to the atom bomb? What links Britain s textile mills to the Information Age? And how did exploding billiard balls usher in an era of mass media entertainment? In this landmark 1978 documentary series James Burke examines the surprising connections and happy accidents that led scientists to discover and develop the key technologies of our time With mighty intelligence and sharp wit the former Tomorrow s World
presenter turns science into a detective story leading viewers through 12000 years of history to find the vital clues that would spark life-changing inventions in telecommunications plastics film and TV jet propulsion nuclear fusion and personal computing Explaining the trigger effect of ever-accelerating advances in technology that leave us dependent on increasingly complex networks he predicts a future world in which radical change in the availability and use of information will be needed if we are to remain in control of our societies and systems A brilliant and enlightening account of how seemingly disparate scientific innovations mesh together to produce extraordinary and unforeseen technological advances
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play All 10 episodes from the acclaimed BBC series Connections Follow James Burke through the history of science & technology In this collection of 10 1-hour episodes starting with " The Trigger Effect" How did the nautical instruments of Elizabethan times give rise to the atom bomb? What links Britain s textile mills to the Information Age? & how did exploding billiard balls usher in an era of mass media entertainment? In this landmark 1978 documentary series James Burke examines the surprising connections & happy accidents that led scientists to discover & develop the key technologies of our time With mighty intelligence & sharp wit the former Tomorrow s World presenter turns science into a detective story leading viewers through 12000 years of history to find the vital clues that would spark life-changing inventions in telecommunications plastics film & TV jet propulsion nuclear fusion & personal computing Explaining the trigger effect of ever-accelerating advances in technology that leave us dependent on increasingly complex networks he predicts a future world in which radical change in the availability & use of information will be needed if we are to remain in control of our societies & systems A brilliant & enlightening account of how seemingly disparate scientific innovations mesh together to produce extraordinary & unforeseen technological advances

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